My cousin and I weren’t always close. She lived in a different town for a long while and moved back to our hometown when we were both sixteen, her being 3 months older than me. I loved my cousin with all my heart. She was sweet and kind and turned out to be one of my best friends for a while… One random Wednesday a friend of mine and myself decided that we wanted to see a movie. We were crazy about scary movies and excited to go see the new ‘Saw’ movie. We pulled up, got our tickets and went to the very last row of the movie theater and sat down in the corner. We must have had a sick sense of humor because people would shush us in movies like this because we’d be laughing the whole time. The movie was about to start and as the lights were dimming i saw out of the corner of my eye the cutest guy I’ve ever seen. i tried my hardest not to turn my head to make it obvious that i was trying to get a better look. He had strawberry blonde hair, a little husky but in a cute way, facial hair, and from what i could tell a smile that could light up the whole night sky for the rest of my life. i nudged my friend and whispered, “katy, look, look over there. that guy is so cute!” she glanced over the theater excitedly and then all of the sudden her eyes became sad and regretful. She looked at me and shook her head. “what do you mean, no?” i exclaimed. She looked down for a moment and pointed very subtly across the theater. I didn’t understand what was happening. “there’s a reason he caught your eye so well sweetie, and it’s not because he’s the cutest guy ever…just look over.” she said with a crack in her voice as if she were ready to cry. I looked over slowly trying not to make it obvious and at first all i saw was my cousin. Her brown fluffy hair was hard to miss. i looked back at katy, “oh, that’s my cousin. we should go sit next to her.” i started to stand up when katy grabbed my arm and forced me back into my chair. “hey, whats the deal?” i started to become angry. “shhh,” she insisted, “look next to her. but don’t make a scene.” Don’t make a scene, why would i ever do that? i thought that to myself as i turned my head once more. When i turned it this time my eyes focused automatically on my cousin again. But as she leaned to the side to rest her head on someones shoulder, i realized that it was the cute guy that i saw walk in from the corner of my eye. Realizing it was that guy, and realizing why even a glimpse of him made me crazy with excitement, i never questioned why. I should’ve never looked in that direction. Because the sight of my own cousin leaning her shoulder on my strawberry blonde, blue eyed boyfriend of 2 years almost killed me inside. The boy who stole my heart and told me he loved me was also the one who broke my heart for the first time.
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