Chapter 1: Pure Love
Any similarities to real life people is just pure coincidence.
It was the first time my world was destroyed. The sound of E.R machines going off, the pure chaos that ensued due to our carelessness. Everything was supposed to be perfect that night. The dinner, the music, the presence of our family. The proposal.
We've known each other since junior high. Her, the popular goody too shoes, and me the dweeb that knew too much and always seemed to piss someone off. My name is Jule and hers you could only guess. Julie. What a coincidence no? She always treated me with respect and dignity, as every person should be treated. But many others not so much. I didn't care. She was the one that mattered. You could say I had a crush on her since I first met her.
We were three months into the school year when she first appeared. Everyone was amazed by her. No one had ever seen such a beautiful color of hair and eyes in our small town of Port Townsend, Washington. Her hair was as white as snow and eyes as clear as blue as the sky in the spring season. She is what people would call a person with albinism. I was the most amazed out of everyone. She was the most beautiful person I had ever seen. To my surprise after introducing herself as Julie Kowalska and letting everyone know her family is originally from Poland, she decided to sit next to me. I introduced myself as Jule and she was happy that our names were so similar.
For the next few years, as we continued our school life through middle and high school, we got closer and closer until I finally decided to tell her that I was in love with her. That day I will never forget, it was high school prom and Levi (a guy who was always trying to flirt and get close to her) kept bothering her with his usual idiotic pick-up lines like: Do you believe in love at first sight, or should I walk by again? This guy was fully an idiot of the word. I noticed she was very uncomfortable, and I decided to butt in an finally put an end to his Idiocy by telling him he needed to back off and leave her alone or he would learn the hard way to stop messing with Julie. After telling me "Awe look at little Jule acting tough, like he's going to do something. Well come on, hit me, DO IT!" I rolled up my fist trying to hold my frustration in as well because I didn't want to hurt the poor guy. You see I am a trained boxer and was always told not to use my strength for violence, but this guy had been pushing it for quite some time now. Well, I finally snapped and gave him a light hook to the gut that made him fall to the ground and cry like a little kid. Julie was not happy because she knew that about me and, after giving me a scolding I decided to finally tell her. I walked up to her and I a vary apologetic tone I told her I was sorry for doing that. She then told me how I was never supposed to use violence as an option. "It was just a light tap" I told her.
"Light tap? He's still on the ground over there throwing up"
"I really sorry, but he's had that coming to him for a while, it's very frustrating that he doesn't understand that you are not interested".
"How do you know that"?
"Wait please don't tell me you are"?
"Definitely...Not"
She then laughed really hard because she knew how I would feel.
"Don't joke like that, I would be devastated if you decided to start dating that idiot".
"Why? Why are you so interested in who I date"?
At this moment I decided it was the perfect opportunity to finally say what I had been holding in since the first day in middle school.
"Because I do care. I don't want you to date anyone other than me".
"Why would you say that"?
My heart was beating so fast it almost felt like an eternity before I said the following words.
"Because.....I...I"
"I what"?
"Because" I took a large breath. "I love you Julie, I always have and can say confidently that I always will"
Her look was full of confusion but happiness at the same time. She later told me she also felt like an eternity had passed after I confessed my love to her.
"Me...too, I love you too Jule"
My heart felt so much ease when she said those words, my years of feeling scared of telling her this truth finally paid off.
"Really"?
"Yes"
And it was the best day of my life till then.