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We were driving up to Ruidoso, NM. She was in the driver's and I was in the passenger's. When we reached Mesclarero, she rolled down the windows. Her eyes grew bigger and #life filled her. She was no longer the sad, depressed girl I had grown to know over the past two weeks. A giggle escaped her lips and I swear I could hear her heart beating. She looked at me and smiled. Its been a while since I've seen her smile a real smile. I smiled back. She took a deep breath and drove faster. Eagerness took over her and at last we were there. The dam that held back happiness was broken. That's all she became, her entire being was made of happiness. When she spoke, it was no longer dry or monotoned, it was light and bell-like. How long did it take her to convince herself to let me see her this way? The saddest thing was to see this girl go. Driving away was the hardest thing to experience. She lost the spark in her eyes and #life seemed to pour out of her. I looked at the girl, the one I had fallen in love with. I remembered the girl I saw a while ago, I had also fallen for her. I didn't want her to be in pain. I wanted to make her smile, permanently. I took her hand and she looked at me with hope filling her brown eyes.