All the firsts I want to remember were with you. From the summer when I was eighteen and knew nothing to the summer when I turned thirty-one and learned so much. Even the seasons without you felt like you were deeply ingrained. “We’re just friends, so there’s nothing special between us.” You pushed me away with a poker face, but because we were friends, I endured those countless days, and it seems you still don’t know it. So, it looks like I’m going to repeat the same futile effort. “Did I ask if you needed a man? If you do, I’ll be your man.” You need to get to know the thirty-one-year-old me. If you look at me with those eyes you didn’t see before. “You’ve become a real troublemaker.” Now that you’re here, it’s just the beginning of .