Love Teaches

It hurts to watch her leave but to cause himself less grief, he just sat there frozen. Jason Morris, a senior at Midvale high had just finished one of his finals and rushed to find his amazing girlfriend Maria Campbell. Maria was also a senior at Midvale High and shared a connection with Jason that could never be broken. Or so Jason thought. He raced to the cafeteria to find Maria, a breath taking young lady with beautiful hazel brown eyes, short dark hair, a posture that fit a queen and a smile like no other. Jason was love struck from the first time they met. I know I know, but I think we're rushing a little bit here, let's go back to how this all happened. It was late September and Jason was helping his soccer friends get ready for a game when Maria walked by with her friend Ryana. Both Jason and Maria were new to the school but had no trouble making friends to help them out. As Maria walked by, Jason went into a trance. For a brief moment, Jason had felt as if it were only the two of them existed. His heart raced and his mind felt like goo, not knowing what to say nor do. Jason completely froze. His friends shook him, trying to get his attention. Called his name to no avail. Jason was paralyzed, mesmerized by Maria’s beauty. Days had gone by and Jason still hadn’t uttered a word to Maria, but both had made mutual friends that saw how he looked and behaved whenever she was around. Three of those friends were Carly, Ciara and Ryana. Carly was a loveable dark skin girl with a very charismatic attitude and she loved making people laugh. Ciara was basically Carly’s twin, only Ciara had a knack for playing netball while Carly preferred to help manage the team. Last but not least there was Ryana. She was the closet to Jason as they both could relate to problems and help each other out. Ryana was more of a down to earth girl who always spoke her mind no matter what might happened. These three friends decided that they would help Jason get to know Maria better before their year together was over. Jason was a lover at heart. He loved games, sports, movies, literature. He even wrote poems and after seeing Maria, he started writing poems for her. One of which was entitled “ONLY YOU” and it read......