It feels like I've known you for so much longer than you've known me. I would go to all the art shows the school had, would sneak into the art room before football practice. I kept waiting for you to notice me, to see me, for you to get it. I almost began to think you never would. And then I saw the drawing you did of us, the shadow man and the little girl, and that was it. I didn't worry anymore. You weren't ready then, and you still weren't ready the following year, but I knew we'd be together,” he let it all out.
