Daddy's Pet

u

ent the brid

th the soft violin music that drifts

ead lights dim, and a single spotlight r

y day. A glorious occasion and something that the lovely bride worked so hard to achieve. And even though I'm jealous, my heart is aching, a

ike a golden waterfall and her sparkling blue eyes that show exactly how happy she is. And he, with messy salt and

te dress with sequins that sparkle like stars in the light as she mov

t how happy they are to be united, and yet, whe

was

ea

fus

re, but as our eyes meet, I feel my heart squeeze painfully and a knot begin to fo

rying is a man who opened up my eyes to the world of love and the pain it br

has a f

lick with and feel butterflies with, while

e I wasn't an exception, my first love

I didn't really fit in, so I nev

y all made sure to make my life a living hell because I was chubby, short, wore glas

e in those stories you read about high school

ated the way that I was that

when my classmates decided to lock

cause I was in charge of making

osed to help me, but they insisted

't think much of it and just decided to

sprinkle turned into a steady rain and ev

ected, and by the time

then head to my next class, but when I went to open t

d their heads around and started laughing, I knew that it was intentional and that unless s

and screaming for someone to open up and let me in, b

door, I finally gave up and just sat down, pull

r the doors behind me open, and when a jacket came to rest across my shoulders, I looked up and found mys

ked me as I just stared, wondering h

after gym." I lied, not wanting him to pit

but I didn't dare to tell him the truth. Even I knew that if I got the gir

out a hand. "Well, now that someon

rig

, I jumped up and then

mber changing into dry clothes and then following him to his classroom,

sing me the steaming mug. "I'

ay, and when it started to warm my hands

e only person to show me such kindness aside from my mother.

aught his lessons. And when I saw him in the halls,

ul teachers that I felt jealous and wished that I could be them too, bu

I was a student an

cost him greatly, and yet, I wished more than anyt