Sometimes love doesn't come rushing up on you wearing bells and whistles and announcing itself with butterfly filled tummies and quivering knees. Sometimes it sneaks up on you peeking out from a glimmer in her eye and a bashful smile on her lips. I think maybe that's when it hits you hardest though. When it hits without warning and you realize that all this time you've been falling in love with this woman before you. When you catch yourself gazing at her profile and doing ridiculous things and making yourself look silly just to catch a glimpse of that smile or a few notes of her laughter. When each of her tears feel like swift jab in the gut from an angry bull but you'd gladly take a thousand more just to stop her tears. When you find yourself in amazement of simple things like how her hair falls over her face when she's embarrassed or how her fingers play idly with the necklace she wears. When you realize that your heart aches with pleasure when her smile is turned upon you or she playfully punches your arm for telling a raunchy joke even as her face blushes and she all but doubles over in giggles. What is love without friendship and camaraderie? What is love without that burning need to make her happy and keep her safe? Sometimes you don't realize you're falling in love until its to late. But if you're lucky...she's falling in love to.
