The One That Got Away??

"The One That Got Away". Tuh. That's the nice way of saying that we settled for who we are with now. Now I realize that it's hard for some of us to face the reality that there was a point in time when the one we wanted didn't want us. If you were even close enough to be "the one that got away" they would have never let you go. Vice versa.  That's some reality for that ass. 
Once upon a time while leaving her AP English class, a 14 year old girl spotted the most adorable guy that she had ever seen in her life to date. Her heart jumped from her chest right up into her throat for approximately 7 seconds. He didn't even glance towards her direction. They had mutual friends and she often saw him but they never once uttered more than 5 words to each other. He certainly wasn't the most perfect guy in high school but for some reason every time she saw him she got slightly nauseous. In a good way.
Mr. Adorable transferred out of their school by their junior year. He ended up at the same school that her cousins and one of her sisters went to. She mentioned it to her cousins when she heard about Mr. Adorable's transfer through the grapevine. Her cousins rightfully didn't give a fuck. She and the tall class clown that could handle a basketball became boyfriend and girlfriend. They graduated. She got pregnant by Tall Class Clown. They broke up before the baby was born. Life went on.
One night years later she went to a party that her best friend at the time was having. Mr. Best Friend was standing outside talking to a circle of people. In that circle, was Mr. Adorable. She was too drunk at the time from bar hopping earlier to be excited. But she saw him and noticed him. He saw her and noticed her. Mr. Best Friend hooked it up. She and Mr.Adorable started dating. They were smitten. They became a couple. They were on their best behavior. They wrote each other love letters. He brought her homemade soup when she got sick. They met each other's families. Then shit got "real" or at least as real as it can get for 22 year olds. They broke up. Then they got back together. He showed her things she had never known. He saw her for the woman she could be. She showed him how free it was to let your guard down sometimes and allow yourself to love someone with the wall down. At least she would like to think that's what she showed him. Their arguments were unnecessary and passionate. Their make ups were genuine and passionate. But then they broke up again. They dated other people. They kept in contact and popped back into each other's lives just when the other one seemed to be having a connection with someone else. The Black Carrie and Big. Life went on. 
They got back together after they grew up. There were tears (both good and bad) and stomach butterflies (both good and bad) and businesses started together and the bond got stronger. Despite the feelings and the stomach butterflies and the businesses and the bond they broke up. Their love was complicated, deep and real. They are both good people so I am sure that they will find something just like it if they haven't already. Minus the complication. 
Never will He or She refer to the other as "the one that got away". If that were the case, they wouldn't have let each other get away. They realized that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. Despite their undeniable connection, neither one of them is crazy. They broke up. And life goes on.