What did love ever do to hurt anybody? Yeesh! (well, except for a million things)
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Val found Audri crying in the lounge. She approached and said, “Hey, friend.” Audri replied, “Sniff. Did you get Purrloin?” Getting up onto the seat next to Audri, Val said, “No, we were told she went into space.” Audri asked, “Did you double-check to make sure?” Val reassured her, “Yes, and I ate all of your strawberry ice cream.” Waving off the concern, Audri said, “Meh. That’s okay.” Val said, “It looks like things didn’t go well with Nick.” Crossing her arms in annoyance, Audri said, “He’s already started seeing someone new. You were right. Love is dead. Unless the sultry looks you’ve been giving Lasper mean that you believe in it again, of course.” In an ‘over it’ manner, Val held up a hand and said, “If love weren’t dead yet, Audri, I would murder it in its sleep.”
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Audri knew they hooked up before they even did it.
Lasper & Val were the last to know.
Sigh. They keep confusing lust with love.
Feelings of sexual attraction do not turn into love unless people work at it. A person has to genuinely care about how another feels beyond physical attraction.
A relationship with love takes loyalty and honesty. Compromise, grace, and self-sacrifice. Laughter and spontaneity.
The lover must be just as important to oneself as oneself.
I hope these crazy characters can learn what real love is.
I need to get some 3×5″ cards, some string, a host of thumbtacks and a big-enough corkboard to make a sensible diagram of what’s happening to who and how it affects whoever’s in somebody else’s body. And their cat. Don’t tell me Purrloin has a significant other or I’m going to have another stop for more office supplies.
The power of love is a curious thing. It makes one person weep, makes another one sing.
Dimitri did it.