What is the one...

The one.

Is she the person that I'll think about when I wake up? When I'm sitting on the toilet and her face is all you see? Is that what love is? It would be weird but this is the real world. Or is it when your body aches for her? Her touch, her breath, her? I guess that's when pain killers don't work. Perhaps it's the sleepless nights. Nightmares don't exist anymore and all you have is her face looking at you happily.

But that means I love her not that she is the one.

What about the movies? The series. Aang and Kitara, Gumball and Penny, Naruto and Hinata, Tyler and Nora from Step Up? Two opposites that probably never should've met but somehow stuck together. Well maybe except the latter since Channing and Jenna are now divorced. But nonetheless, those are movies and cartoons with unrealistic situations and circumstances. Hence the reason we saw it on the TV and not in people around us.

Ivory was a goddess to me but I was wondering if I could ever love her. If I could ever be with her the way I imagined but I knew what was coming.

I walked into class and was met with the usual angry glares and disgust from my classmates. I sat in the no zone and listened to ma'am as she did the morning announcements. I was wondering if I could get away with earphones the entire day when I felt a tap on my shoulder.

I threw my head back and was met with miniature suns.

Here we go, I thought.

"Ivory." I greeted softly. I wasn't in the mood to look and watch who was eavesdropping.

It's strange, isn't it? People act like you don't exist, as if you aren't on the same level as them yet whenever you do something that interests them, they pay attention. Suddenly everyone wants to talk, wants to beat you because of what you did.

"Listen River," She began. Here it comes. ", we can't be together. I am sorry."

And just like that it was over. I lowered my head and put the earphone back into my ear. Then it hit me.

It was still there. All the feelings, all the tingles. They would have to starve...

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I made it, I thought. Half way through the school day and I had not been killed so that was good.

I made my way to the fence and Adeline's tree. My eyes swirled around the area when I didn't see her under the tree of thorns.

A figure was under a berry tree near the gate. I decided it had to be Adeline since no one bothered to come here. I walked towards her.

She held herself as if she'd drop any second and every few seconds a shudder would pass through her body.

"Ade-" She whirled around, wet tear streaks tearing down her face and the next thing I knew she was clinging to me.

I was now the one holding her as if she'd fall. My right hand drew circles on her back that I hoped would soothe her as I said nothing. I had learned enough from books that the best support was just being present.

"My friend," She started, drawing deep breaths to form words. ", she told me she had cancer... She was dying! When she saw me start to cry she told me it was just a joke. What kind of a sick joke is that?"

I pulled her back against me as she broke into sobs once more.