Cookie Monster Appreciation Post
I was smitten with you from day one. Your sweet smile and the scent of chocolate were with you every time I saw you.
You changed a lot when your dad pulled you out of school. It made me and Amber do a double take at first, but the sweet scent of chocolate soon told me that my favorite cookie monster was back. You were back.
It took us no time to pick back up where we left off. You saw I hadn’t changed one bit, I was familiar, I was me. Now I was the one having to look up at you when we spoke, I think you enjoyed that a lot.
When the entire school turned on me, you were the only one that didn’t. I can clearly remember the smell of your cologne when you pulled me into your arms and I cried my heart out. I didn’t realize it then, but that was my home. In your arms.
I still think about the time when we almost kissed during our mission to ‘rescue’ the rabbits from our class. I had panicked at the last second and put our little furry friend to your lips. I’m sure you could hear the frantic beating of my heart back then.
Oh Amber sure loved to torment us didn’t she? When she had locked me in the basement before our play rehearsals you nearly broke your foot kicking open the door to rescue me. Though you never complained, you were just happy I was alright and held my hand. I think this was the moment when I began to realize something was forming.
The day you and I saw Cookie at the pet store I knew there was a connection between you both. I saw a sparkle in your eyes and you were like a proud kid when you invited me to the park to formally introduce me to your little pupper.
While it technically wasn’t our first date, I still consider it to be. A little picnic out at the park! We enjoyed some treats, played with Cookie and I remember laying there beside you on the grass I could hear your heart beating, and I was certain I was in love with you.
I definitely got grounded for sneaking out to go on that double date with you and Rosa and Leigh, but I wouldn’t have changed that night for anything. When you asked me at school what I thought of you every inch of me wanted to say “you are my everything!” I froze in fear, but you took initiative there and I still remember the way we kissed.
We had our insecurities like every couple, it was natural. My feelings for you were natural too. I loved what we had together, I loved you. I still do.
I remember when I thought I completely lost you, I never wanted to become a wedge between you and your friend. I was concerned for you both, we both let emotions get the best of us. It was the first time I saw you cry.
When you lost Cookie I remember you spent the entire night in the park, and I joined to help you at one point. I remember I had dozed off on a bench and you put your coat over me to keep me warm. I remember that morning was also when you first told me you loved me. I love you too Kentin. I never could say that enough.
Four years have passed since I’ve seen you, I wonder if we’ll have changed a lot? Will Cookie remember me? What I want to know the most is will you still be my sweet cookie monster that stole my heart in high school?
