Ten Things You Should Know Before We Date

So i made the mistake of going on a date. And normally that wouldn't be a bad thing except normally i dont go on dates with the best friend of the guy i genuinely love. But anyway. Usually the first and only thing out of my mouth when i go out with someone tends to be: hi im kayla Followed by that insufferable silence that you keep trying to fill with stories about football and your sisters ballet shoes. Except this time those three words were followed by a series of statements i wish i could shove right back down my throat because to be honest i really shouldn't be telling you all of these things on a first date anyway. Especially when the series of statements started out with the phrase: ten things you should know before we date as if i actually expected this to last. One. my favorite color is green. Not forest green or lime green but the green that you see when you look deep into your best friends perfectly blue eyes and discover a flaw in them. The green that you can't help but be captivated by because you didn't expect it to be so stunning. Two. i am a sucker for blue eyes and messy caramel hair which means i love the small details about people. And that's the problem. I focus on the details rather than the big picture and end up missing the whole movie. Three. I am broken which means that four i have a road map tattooed on my upper thighs and the color’s too light to be ink and too white to be stretch marks. Five. i am terrified of everything related to love hope and trust because it only takes one to push you past your breaking point. And trust me you don't want to get there. Six. i am a poet so i hope you can decode my web of letters that create masterfully woven stories of indescribable pain. Seven. I am terrified of heights but not afraid of falling. So if i fall for you make sure i'm not up too high. The last thing you want me to do is shatter us both when i land. Eight. I am clingy and i won't be the one to let go first so if you're done with me make it clear because i wont see the hints. Nine. i am an old soul. So when you catch me staring at a typewriter or handwriting letters in cursive so intricate it could be an embroidery design just smile and walk away. Chances are i'm lost somewhere around nineteen fifty two and my hair is in curlers with red lipstick kisses marking my envelopes. But because i'm an old soul i don't quite know where i belong just yet. So ten Don't let me get lost before i get to explore the things every girl should see.