O Malley's-Personal Narrative

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I know I said that if I lived to a hundred I’d not regret what happened last night. But I woke up this morning and a century had passed. Sorry.
The thing is, there is so much going on right now, so much you don’t know. That sounds like an empty statement; used so many times it has lost any possible meaning it could have. But it’s the truth. And I don’t know how to deal with all of it.
Last night was a mistake. I should’ve never gone to O’Malley’s. That bar, I swear, is the common denominator between all my worst decisions. Not that being with you is one of the worst things I’ve ever done, but if I have to be completely honest, I really shouldn’t have done it – and, probably, if you knew the whole story, you’d agree with me.
This is getting to be quite a long apology. You deserve it though. Every single word. And so much more that I can’t possibly give to you.
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If only I had met you before. Well, now that I think about it, you most probably wouldn’t have given me the time of day back then or I would have been too scared to even approach you. Mind you, you do scare me but in a whole different way.
You scare me because you make me feel things I shouldn’t be feeling. You scare me because I act more like myself when I’m with you than with anyone else. You scare me because, with your _________, you captivated me from the moment I first laid eyes on you. You scare me because, by indulging in your affection, I became the best man I could ever be but also the very worst. You scare me because I love you and I really, truly

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