Shades of Me (1/1)

Before I met you, my world was two colors; black and white. There was no other way to put it. Either things were right or they were wrong. Yes or no.But you... You blurred all my lines. Black and white became grey. Right and wrong became compromise. Yes and no became maybes.You opened my world to you, when I'd closed it to everyone else.Do you understand, now, the things you've done to me? You're perfect. And I never will be.~*~*~*~*~I was fourteen when we first met.I was a top student; 4.5 GPA, Honor Roll, Dean's List... you name the award, I had probably gotten it at some point in my lifetime.It's a dismal existence, though.I had no friends. Literally, none. I didn't even have a sibling or a pet to keep me company. I hated weekends and breaks because I was completely and utterly alone. The days stretched long, seconds becoming minutes, minutes becoming hours, hours becoming days, days becoming weeks, and weeks becoming their own damn eras.My life, although seemingly perfect on the outside, was flawed and cracked on the inside.It was only a matter of time before the cracks spread to the outside, and everything came rushing out.~*~*~*~*~Do you remember when we first met?I was standing on the roof of our school.The cracks inside me had almost reached to the outside, less than a hairs breadth away from the surface.I stood as close to the edge of the building I could get without falling, staring out into blank space. One more centimeter and there would no longer be ground beneath my feet, and I would fall to my certain demise."You should step back, you know. You might fall."Your deep voice cut straight through me, and I almost lost my balance due to the shock.But you pulled me backwards, away from the edge, and I ended up k