From: Polly, 14, U.S., California
To: Andy, 14, U.S., California

I’m not sure if its love.
I’m young, and naive, and I’m an open book.
I’ve had my ups and downs though, especially with this one.
I was getting off of a bad relationship, it was all downhill.
I’m pretty strong in front of people, its all good until I’m alone and I have too much time to think about what’s happened.
This boy, honestly, he showed up out of nowhere.
I knew him, we were both in English class together since….7th grade.
Well he just showed up, sat in front of me, and talked.
Just talked.
Like it was perfectly normal to just rattle on and on about so many motley topics with a girl you rarely ever talked to.
I had a dead face on. Someone had taken a picture and recently showed it to me; my face screamed “I’m a disaster in a can! Someone send out the knight already!”
I think it was supposed to be him.
Eventually I feel for him, HARD.
And in what? 3, 4 days?
And BAM!
He gets a girlfriend
“What happened?” “WTF?!? HE LIKES YOU THOUGH! LOOK AT HIS FACE!” “I can’t believe it, he was so into you”
But it was the end of the year, we were graduating, it was all over.
So me and my brightness, decided to tell him.
He deserved to know, did he not?
So I told him on my birthday, after he gave me a cake he made.
I haven’t talked to him since.
But I think he needs to know
I still love him.
I wouldn’t marry him, but he’s not leaving my heart anytime soon.
Love ya, and you know who you are.
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