The Ones that Talk About Heartbreak and Love

The Scandal

Pretty. Brown. He silently watched her. As she worked
In their place of work. He's lost
His mind. She's too young
That must have been his first sign
that didn't stop him

Suddenly, she had finished her shift.
She took a shower at work. After work.
Plot twist: he walked in

But Let's go back
She was attracted to him
let her feelings grow
Quietly. Silently. Not to dare
say a word. And even worse she had heard, he had a reputation
For fucking young girls.
She wanted him still so

She cried. "Go and take a shower"-
she said in her mind.
Water seeped away that too
Familiar pain

Then she felt a new presence
and turned. It was him!
He closed that shower door then and she let him in. In ways that
are too filthy to explain

Lips touching. Skin rubbing
so fast he was pressing her mouth
to silence her screams of... pleasure

No one seemed to know
They went again
Again again and again
until they were both so limp

It was weird how
they didn't bother
Talking about any of their feelings
Until. 3 months later
that yesterday, later. When he drove her to his house.
Together in his bed
them together before on the couch

He said then,'I care about you
I love you. I need you
I finally met the start of
My entire life. Please be mine'

She nodded and kissed him and then
They went
One more time
they went again
he held her close then
Hours spent in each others arms spent talking aimlessly, without shame

'I love you too'

Whirlwind Romance.
On just one condition
keep it silent. Because
She's 17. He's 23
Unconventional. Illegal. So illegal.
They both bloody knew it was so so
Illegal

She was at home one day
she clenched at her stomach and ran
Bile. Puke
rushed out like waterfalls on a nicotine high
She knew then her fate
She called him first. Me after

He listened
He lit a blunt. Massaged his head
'he loves her too much to think'- they
Were not ready as she was
Barely 18. She would have the kid
He silently ruined her life
Did he not?

At least he gave her God's gift
She was elated and scared and 7 months gone. All alone
18 years old in just 3 weeks
she needed him. She loved him too

He just didn't know what to do.

3 weeks before her birth
He came to see her
Tears in his eyes
he said he was so sorry
for just leaving her. She forgave him so lovingly. And quickly but
he redeemed himself

Stayed with her
He booked so much time off of work.
Because he learned
God gave him a priority. Stay with her.

Her mother said to him
'don't you dare play with her'
he shook his head
looked back at his girl
Instead. Smiling. Her water was breaking

Screaming. Earth shattering
screaming. She clenched him tight and
he did not flinch with all of
His might

'You can do this,' he said
'You have this,' he said
he kissed her on the forehead
Hours later, a crying thing
he held their alien looking beautiful looking crying thing
As she kissed the head of the crying thing

'She is so beautiful'

Next day
Skype. Facetime.
Day after
Balloons. Cake. Gym plan
He stood back
scared he'll lose it all. His entire life
In one room. but instead they looked
into each others eyes
And they were both too sure

Now she's 23. He's 29
He started his own business
she's on her 8th successful clothing line

Little Aisha on her way
To living her best life.
he says little Aisha looks like her mother
In her prime. In their 4-bed home

She glares at him
and throws a fortune cookie
At him. He laughs.
she dishes out their favourite Chinese

Aisha sleeps. In the middle of the night

'Faith, come with me'

Faith gets up tired. Then not.
follows the candles
to their backyard
the rose petals. No song
They had none. She just had questions.
he was there
On one knee. The man of her dreams

Aaron. For Faith, it was always going to be Aaron
I think she loved him even more then
She cried because she could barely catch her breath

'Faith, I knew you were afraid,'
Aaron said,'Afraid I would never fully commit that when we met you thought
You were a brief thing. You couldn't be more wrong. But with this ring
I will never let you go
My heart will never beat slow
With my proposal
even in death we will never part
With this marriage we will have
A brand new start

I have been loving you from the day we locked eyes. I lied.
I knew that you were the angel
Sent from the skies
The backdrop. The reason for sunrise-'
Faith laughed and cried, 'You're too cheesy,' she said,'Of course I'll marry you, my idiot
My stupidhead'

And 8 months later
They wed. I was the maid of honour. Later she told me
It was a honeymoon
they would both never forget

But even I look then
to how my friends avoided that scandal and
I wonder what would have happened
If in that shower
they would have been found