One Morning

The lemonade is tart and cool. While the fountain splashes merrily in the sunshine, she considers the nature of life.

"I think I'm falling in love with him." Her friend's voice crackles through the phone in her hand.

She wishes she had something cheerful to say, something encouraging. She wishes that life wasn't as hard as it is.

"Well," she finally speaks. "he'll probably break your heart in the end. That's the way it usually works out. You just have to ask yourself if the enjoyment will be worth the inevitable pain."

Of course, she worries for her friend. Of course, she does not want to see her hurt and rejected. At the same time, she understands that love is an unstoppable force, and nothing that she could say would protect her friend from the wild ride which she has already begun.

Ah, and what a ride, huh?