“It's that...I'm scared to.  I mean...AJ when....I do...well I mean...I don't know." I continue
     AJ laughs and says, "This must be really good.  You can't even get it out."
     I look into his big brown eyes and softly say, "It's just I've had such bad experiences, and when I start to like someone.  I try my best to not like them, well I mean, like that.  That's why I've been acting like this."
     "You must really like me then, because I've never had anyone avoid me like you have."  AJ says, trying to make me comfortable.
     "AJ, what I'm trying to say is that, I do love you.  And I have ever since the day you defended me against James.  I know you love me, that showed it."  I say
     I look down at the ground and say, "And even though I acted mad at you, inside I loved you for it."
     AJ stands there looking at me.  I start to feel actually comfortable with it too.
     "AJ, I don't mean to hurt you by acting like this. I just sort of do it. I mean, I’d like to have a boyfriend, and be able to tell someone I love them, but I just can't. I'm scared that they'll hurt me.... like James did," I say.
     "Suzy," AJ softly says. " I'm not gonna hurt you like James did.....I, I’m not like that. I couldn't do that to you."
     I turn around and walk a little ways.  I take a picture out of my pocket and start to look at it.  But just as I do, the wind blows it out of my hands.
     I yell, "Oh crud!"
     But before I run to catch it, AJ is already running after it.  He grabs it and starts looking at it.
     "What's this?"  he says as he walks towards me.
     I slowly take the picture from his hands and look at it.  It was a picture from the movie "Romeo and Juliet."  It showed Romeo holding Juliet and kissing her.  Below them there is a caption that says 'Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth.  for thy love is better than wine.'
     "They look so in love don't they?"  I say softly
     "Well, yeah.  Why were you carrying this?"  AJ asks
     "I've had this picture ever since...well...ever since James and me broke up.  It shows what I've always wanted."  I say sadly.
     "It does?  Well, what do you want?"  He asks confused.
     I hand the picture to him, stand next to him, and say, "Just look at them.  Look how much he loves her.  I want someone to kiss me like he's kissing her. I want someone to hold me like he's holding her. I want someone to love me like he loves her.  I want to be put in this picture."
     AJ stands there looking at the picture, and I turn my head away.
     "I feel stupid now.  I shouldn't have told you that."  I say
     AJ folds up the picture, wraps his arms around me and says, "It's not stupid.  But I don't understand something."
     I start to feel really comfortable and say, "Well...what's that?"
      "I've been here all this time, I've offered you all the love I can, and you can't see it.  What you ask for is standing right in front of you, you just aren't looking close enough."  AJ says looking deeply into my eyes.
     "It is?"  I say.  Then I look around AJ as if I were looking.
     He laughs, pulls me forward and says, "You know what I'm talking about girl."
     I say laughing, "I know."
     "Well, there's only one part of that picture that hasn't 'really' came true."  AJ says.
     I sit there think and say, "What's that?"
     "Well, I love you like he loves her in that picture.  I'm holding you like he's holding her in the picture.  The only thing missing is..."AJ says as he softly kisses me.
     I wrap my arms around his neck and think...'he's right.  He's shown me more love in the past few weeks than everyone's shown me in my whole life time.  Why didn't I see this before?'
     AJ stops kissing me and says, "I love you."
     I look up into his brown eyes and say, "I love you too."
     He smiles and kisses me again.