Beneath the Secrets

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What happens when the only girl you've ever lusted comes crashing back into the picture?</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Nothing.</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Don't misconstrue. The last time I saw Ava she was no doubt attractive. Although she's always been a little nerdy and her head rarely left the inside of a book she could garner the attention of any hot-blooded male she feigned an interest in - myself included.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Just one flash of her killer smile and I wanted to drop to my knees and kiss her feet. But a lot has changed since Ava left town with a flood of tears streaming down her face.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Circumstances change.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>People change.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I've changed.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm no longer a teenage boy who can't control himself around a beautiful girl. I'm a grown man. A man who has done two tours in Afghanistan. A man who has no troubles controlling himself around beautiful women. </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A man who can still remember the sweet taste of her lips.</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What the hell? I'm screwed.</span></p>