Back when he was Romeo

I used to think he was the real deal Romeo. We met through mutual friends. It wasn't love at first sight, or second or third. We danced around each other for a year. He saw another girl, I saw another guy. But one night at a party we got to really talking and hanging out. We did more back and forth. We were young and love scared the hell out of me. Plus he was a smoker, and having lost my dad to lung cancer, that was a deal breaker for me. But still we talked, then didn't talk, then talked some more. When he quit smoking, everything changed. We dove right in, head over heels, and never looked back. Late night talks started to include many I love you's, and talk of the future, hopes and dreams. All my fears of falling in love seemed ridiculous. Those fears are for people who fall for the wrong person. But no, we were perfect for each other. We loved each other, we were committed, we had great communication, we had our perfect little checklist and couldn't imagine a day we'd feel any different about each other. That was 10 years ago.

This became his song to me...