December 5, 2008

They met under unusual circumstances, but it was something--she felt--worth pursuing. It's hard to put into words what it was she saw in the relationship, knowing it would be a struggle at every turn. For her it was something bigger than what she was able to grasp, and who was she to question destiny or fate? What she did know is he captivated her. Every sound, every expression, and she couldn't let it go. Challenged in just the first few encounters, the calming attraction overpowered any fleeting doubts about their interactions.

At first, there were hesitations about what was acceptable and what would remain off limits. Uncertainty, self-consciousness, and a distinct fear of losing the ever-fragile, indescribable feeling she experienced at every thought of him, kept her on a fine line. The line between meaningless infatuation he would dismiss without so much as a thought, and what seemed like an impossible and unsubstantiated romantic love he too, may just as easily dismiss.