The Color of Café au Lait

Cole Dawson asked me to marry him when we were eight years old. He drove a nail halfway through his left hand, just to show me how much he loved me. That was many moons ago. Now, we're coming up on our ten-year high school reunion and the Cole Dawson I knew has changed - a lot. He went from being a small-town boy with a little scar in the center of his left hand. to this wild, hellraising rock star. Celebrity status. Famous! Now, he's wanting to catch up before the reunion and I'm star-struck. I know it's silly. We were just eight years old when he claimed me as his wife. Maybe I should have held on to him back then. And, just maybe I still can!