By the time we reached our junior year of college, my life took a devastating turn. My mother fell gravely ill and passed away, leaving me utterly lost and broken.
That period of my life was shrouded in darkness and I wandered through it in a daze. Only Caleb, the one friend who truly saw through my façade, stood by my side during that time. He cared for me, helped me through those bleak days and became the light that guided me out of the abyss.
In my senior year, I could no longer hide how I felt, so I confessed my love to him. To my amazement, Caleb returned my feelings and from that moment on, we were together as a couple. He never knew, though, how much I had been panicking inside. I had no ex-boyfriends and no past love to compare to. He was my first love, my only love.
Now, as I sat in the car, staring at his back as he drove, those memories came flooding back, shaking me to my core.