The Evolution of Us

**Can be read as a standalone**Love.They say it's blind.That you don't choose who you fall in love with.They say it creeps up on you when you least expect it. They say it doesn't let go. I wish it were that easy.I've been in love before, and it happened the way they said it would.For a while, it was easy and full of bliss.Until he uttered those damn three words, and all hell broke loose.I don't blame him for leaving.Love is a beast, waiting to devour you at the first sign of weakness.That's what they don't say.It's been four years, and a lot has changed.I never expected to see Jake again, but here I am, staring into those gorgeous eyes like they still belong to me.See, I'm Finley May Norwood, the anti-Venus, the girl who pushes love away when it becomes too much.Now, Jake's engaged to someone else, and I'm too late.If only my heart could accept that.It simply doesn't.Love. Be damned