LJ idol week 2- The Missing Stair

[sonarvampress]

Daniel and I had met at random. He knew a friend of mine and happened to run into that friend one day when I was tagging along. We hit it off right from the start. He was, and still is one of the smartest men I'd ever met. It helped that he was also an extremely talented artist. I developed a little crush on him almost right away. We began a

Comments

[kecharasmoon]

I, too, have found relationships that SHOULD have worked, but didn't. I really understand that confusion that never really goes away. Nicely done, though you've got some typos you might want to work on.

[sonarvampress]

Ugh I proof read 3 times. Thanks for telling me.

[i_will_not_say]

You did a good job writing about the confusion that can come along with romantic relationships. :)

[elledanger]

You have a really nice prose style, I'd found that I'd finished this before I even realised.

[kandigurl]

Sometimes when things are so perfect, you wonder when the other shoe is going to drop, what's going to screw it up, and over-analyzing it can drive you crazy...some people NEED the drama that comes from a lack of "perfection".

I really loved the emotion of this piece, I feel like I've been there.

"Maybe the fact is that there's always going to be something missing in every relationship and we just have to decide what we are willing to give up."

This is dead on.

[sonarvampress]

I think I need more passion than what I had with him, but at the same time he was an amazing person, and I really miss his friendship. More than anything I regret that I didn't try harder to make our friendship work after we started to drift apart.

[whipchick]

Yeah, it's tough to prioritize what we most want in a relationship when we can't have it all!