Day 8 ~ True Love
I didn’t believe in love at first sight, but when you first saw me you didn’t look away.

Laughingly I said hello and turned away.  I wasn’t there to meet anyone.

But you followed me from room to room, watching me, smitten, as I talked to my family.

My mom saw you there, sneaking looks from the doorway.

She thought you were cute.

But I was seventeen, bound soon for college, and didn’t want to commit to anyone, no matter how green your eyes.

You stood by the window as we left, and looked so lonely as we pulled away.

“Love at first sight.” my mom sighed.

Imagine my surprise a week later when I came home to find you waiting.  A red bow was tied around your neck.  You mewed joyously as I lifted you from that cardboard box.

My mom beamed.

It’s eight years later now, and my furry feline tries to eat the pen from my hand as I write by the fire.  She coos and throws her head back as I scratch her neck.