He gave me the stars... and a night that would last forever.

"Night, sweetie," he said and I waited hopefully. Then all he said was, "Love you" I swallowed. "Love you, too," I echoed. When did we drop the I? I wondered. When did I love you turn into the abbreviation love you?

I turned around in my seat to stare once more at thoes lips. Lips that could senda woman reeling... Or whisper a lifetime of pretty lies.

...and I'd let the him- the enemy, capture the one thing I'd promised myself I'd never give up... my heart.

Her: I never questioned why he was there- all I cared about were thoes blissful hours he was free to spend in my bed. Him: I never questioned why she was there, or how easily she'd fallen into my bed. I was just so glad to have her there.

I didn't want to see video's and pictures of me happy in his arms. I didn't want to remember how perfect it felt. I had thought my old life had been a faded memory, but I now knew it was even worse. It had been a total lie. It always had been.

I didnt want to see the pictures of us together, on the island paradise-laughing, smiling, kissing, fooling around. As if life was beautiful and sunny as the sky above us. I just had to see if it was true- that I had really once, been that happy.

But I couldn't help myself. It was like driving by a car wreck. I knew I shouldn't but out of curiosity I looked. Oh, and how perfect things looked. We were so happy... in love. Where did things go so wrong?

"To dodging bullets- love me." Had he known even back then- even as he had withered and moaned under my touch, even when he had whispered sweet promises in my ear-that one day, the bullets I'd be dodging were his?

Sitting there, laughter invaded my thoughts.I sought the source like a dying woman seeking water.I shouldn't have looked- the sounds came from a young couple in the corner.Young lovers lost in each othes adoration, oblivious to everything around them.