She was the bane of my existence.

Walking around, not-so-subtly staring at

the person I, too, secretly longed for.

How dare she?

We had our run-ins and you can bet that I told her what for.

Then, the unthinkable happened.

I was targeted by a mad-man.

Me, a 15 year old, was targeted and I had to leave everything that I knew behind.

I survived for two years on my own.

I left my friends, my family and her...

All the while, she grew some balls

and before I knew it, she was with my mermaid.

I came back though.

For her, I came back.

And without lifting a finger,

I watched that girl ruin everything she'd worked so hard for.

She made a mistake that even I wouldn't dream of, and finally, my mermaid was free.

So, I made it my mission to change.

To show her that I was who she thought I could be all along.

Because she made me better.

I may still feel like I'm drowning, but it's not so bad when you have a mermaid swimming next to you.