Wait for It

by Mariana Zapata

“You remind me more of Princess Peach.”

“She’s surrounded by men, but she’s still herself, and she’s got her shit together on Mario Kart.”

You didn’t know what love was until someone was willing to give up what they loved the most for you.

But it was also never letting them make that choice, either.

“She wouldn’t be my first, but she’d be the only one who ever mattered. I think she could wait for the time to be right. I’d make sure she never regretted it.”

want you. I want your smile. Your hugs. Your love. I want your happiness.” He paused. “Every single thing.”

“He looks out the window to check on you every night. I tell him to call you and quit being a stalker, but he thinks I’m going to listen in on his conversations.” She huffed. “I have better things to do with my time.”