http://mercy808.vox.com/library/posts/tags/jitters/page/1/ en Vox Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:03:33 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jitters http://mercy808.vox.com/library/post/first-love-jitters.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Mercy808) http://mercy808.vox.com/library/post/first-love-jitters.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mercy808.vox.com/library/post/first-love-jitters.html?_c=feed-rss-full Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:03:33 -0700 <p>Should I turn around? <div>No, I think he may be looking.</div><div>But maybe just a little peek.</div><div>Stop. Just focus on ahead.</div><div>Good. He went behind the building.</div><div>Does my hair look okay?</div><div>Why is my dress wrinkled?</div><div>Oh gosh, here he comes again.</div><div>Quick, frown and try to look bored.</div><div>No! Then he&#39;ll think I hate him.</div><div>Okay. Smile and talk to him.</div><div>But what if he discovers that I like him?</div><div>What? Someone else likes him?</div><div>That can&#39;t be, he&#39;s mine!</div><div>No actually he&#39;s not.</div><div>He&#39;s not labeled with my name.</div><div>Look! He&#39;s talking to her, are they going out?</div><div>Does he still like me?</div><div>Or did he even like me at all?</div><div>He touched her hand again!!</div><div><br /></div><div>I&#39;ll be moving away soon and I&#39;ll miss him.</div><div>My heart feels like breaking, my chest hurts.</div><div>I&#39;ll be fine. There are other guys out there.</div><div>No. Not like him.</div><div>Why not like him?</div><div>Aren&#39;t they all the same?</div><div>Yes. That is true. There are others out there.</div><div>But this is my first love.</div><div>The most cherished and the hardest to let go.</div><div>My breathing is starting to speed up again.</div><div>Here he comes to say good-bye.</div><div>I can&#39;t do this.</div><div>Yes you can. You have to.</div><div>Why did I do that?</div><div>I can&#39;t believe I was so short with him!</div><div>Now he&#39;ll never know!</div><div>Know what?</div><div><br /></div><div>He&#39;ll never know how much I love him</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div>Written by: Mercy Brianne Luis</div></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mercy808.vox.com/library/post/first-love-jitters.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48ce829b8000200e398ec70ae0005?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> paranoid nervous first love young love first crush jitters