A/N: I need to stop writing stories, but I needed to write some Chaddie, I had to be the one to write it!
Haruka: Shouldn't you be updating something else?
Me: ……shut up.
Maddie stared at the keyboard before her. Could she really do this? Her real talent was in drawing, not writing, but it had been three years since she started dating Chad and she wanted to do something special.
She cursed the day a love poem struck her as something special.
Alright, here we go. You've faced worse before, Maddie, you can do this, she thought, and the blackette began to type.
Once upon a time
I wasn't anything
But the object of bullying
I had nothing but myself
No friends to fall back on
Until a day
When I found you
Oh, I knew you already
I had done my fair share
Of watching you
And wanting you
But feeling that I couldn't have you
No, this was a different you
That I found that day
Someone who would befriend me
Someone who saw who I really was
Someone that I fell in love with
And the other you
The one everyone else knew
I began to fall for him too
Torn between both of you
The same person
But so different
Once upon a time
I was a girl
Without anyone
But a you that no one else knew
My knight in shining armor
And the other you
You helped me come out of my shell
You made me realize that not everything
Is exactly how it appears
And when it was revealed
That the two yous that I knew
Were both the same person
And both just as in love with me
As I was with them
Now it's been three years
With you still at my side
My knight in shining armor
Maddie signed her name and shook her head. It was one of the stupidest things ever written. She was good at coming up with story lines for a manga, but when it came to straight poetry…eh, not so much. She wanted to just tear it to shreds, but it was already nearing time to meet Chad and she didn't have time to get him anything else.
~X~
I should have done something else, she thought as she waited for him to come get her. They were going to the same diner she had been at with Matt and Blackie when he had joined them at their table.
There was a lot of stuff I could have done that I'm actually good at, but no, I had to try something I would fail at. It's the thought that counts, though, right? After three years, I guess Chad wouldn't care if I lacked poetry skills anyway.
~X~
"Chad, for our anniversary…I wrote this for you," Maddie said, handing the crap poem over to him.
"Really? I wrote something for you too," he said, locking his blue eyes onto her brown. He handed something to her, which, to her surprise, also turned out to be a poem.
When I hear the name Maddie
I think of the one girl I love
I think of her sweet brown eyes
Of her silky black hair
Of her fun personality
And all the good times we have
I think of the day I first saw her
Of how I wanted to laugh
I think of when I re-met her
As the real me, online
I saved her neck
And we became friends
I didn't know it was her
She didn't know it was me
But it was almost like I
Had known her forever
At school, I got to know her
I began to fall in love
With both of them
My tough-as-nails princess
Now it's years later
I know who she is
I'm still in love with her
And I hope that she's
Always in love with me
When I hear the name Maddie
I think of our kisses and hugs
Our times when we just goof off
When we play online together
I think of my friend and my love
And of my tough-as-nails princess
"Wow, Maddie, that…"
"Really sucked?" she offered with a laugh.
"Well, I was going to say that I loved it. I think 'really sucked' should be used to describe my lame excuse for writing," Chad replied.
"No, it was wonderful," said Maddie. "I would love it even if it did suck, because you wrote it for me. Now, if we're going to talk about lame excuses for writing…"
"Maddie, you wrote this from your heart and just for me," the blonde said firmly. "It was amazing."
"Do you…do you really think so?" He nodded.
Maddie smiled and leaned across a table to kiss her knight in shining armor, and Chad willingly kissed his tough-as-nails princess back.
A/N: It was way too short, but inspiration on the idea was lacking and I couldn't think of anything more.
Haruka: But it was still sweet!
Me: I know!
Both: -happy sigh-