Crushed

<p><strong>We were just kids when we met. . .</strong></p><p><br>He was the boy from down the beach.</p><p>I was the transplant from Tennessee.</p><p>He became my best friend.</p><p>I became his best girl.</p><p><br><strong><em>And then . . . it became us.</em></strong><br><br>We shared things . . . our dreams our secrets . . . first kisses and then our hearts.</p><p>Seth Drake was my everything. My first crush. My first love. My forever passion. Until that day when everything changed through no fault of ours.</p><p><br><strong><em>I</em> was crushed. <em>We</em> were crushed.</strong></p>