Love Hurts (Really)
by Charlotte Bennardo Ah, love is in the air... That first crush... If we're talking about first crushes, I'm focusing on those that don't include Kindergarteners who say they're going to marry a classmate. Let's get right to those that really made our hearts throb painfully because WHAM! we were hit by Cupid's arrow really for the first time. We saw someone, maybe a classmate, a neighbor, someone at a gathering, and we felt our lives were forever changed, the feeling was so overwhelming. For me, it happened in high school, my sophomore year. I'd always been a late bloomer, but I had better things to do than get all giggly over guys. Yes, I found them attractive, and yes, I would have liked to been asked out on a date, but my life didn't center around this person noticing me. Until I met HIM. A friend of my brother's, popular around school because of his humor, it was his personality that made him so attractive (he was cute, yes, but not gorgeous,...
