17. silent promises

[zenbubble]

I know what's there. You keep things from me, things that you consider ugly, and I know. I promise you, Quinn, there is nothing within you that could make me turn away from you. There is nothing you could do, or make me do, that would change my feelings towards you. I have loved no one else in my life the way I love you-I have loved no one else at all.

We are not all beautiful. We are not all beautiful all the way through. I am not beautiful. Your having flaws, and the poison you keep, neither of those keep me from loving you honestly and earnestly as I do. You do not have to love me for me to love you, either.

I know I ask for the impossible, Quinn, but please. Believe this.