Lovesessed by Pamela Diane King Read Free Book Online

which is perfect because it
falls this week,” Liz said mixing a concoction of colored
liquids.
    “ Liz,
it’s weird. Lately, I keep recreating movie scenes, like in Biology
with the frog scene from ET . Now this feels like we’re in
that movie Love Potion No.
9 .”

    “ I’ve never seen it,” she
said busy with a measuring cup.
    “ It’s about a nerdy
science guy…” I stopped as she shot me an offended look. “I mean an
extremely intelligent science guy, who produces a love potion that
affects a person’s vocal cords and makes anyone of the opposite sex
fall in love with them while they speak.”
    “ Well, there are different
types of love potions. Like in that movie, they used a potion to
make people fall in love with the drinker. Our potion is to make
the drinker fall in love with someone. Speaking of which, we don’t
want Chase to fall in love with just anyone, like the first person
they see. So we need something of yours that contains your
DNA.”
    “ That could be funny
though,” I said continuing. “Like when Titania falls in love with a
guy who has a donkey’s head. Love is blind they say.”
    “ That’s true. Smell is one
of the key elements of attraction. Often, when a person is drawn to
someone who doesn’t fit their normal dating profile, it could be an
unconscious scent drawing her to him or vice versa. The chemical
reaction that occurs referred to as ‘chemistry,’ often makes a
person fall in love with someone who is completely wrong for them.
This ‘clicking’ draws someone to a person who is opposite to them,
or who fulfills a need from their childhood. You know the saying
‘opposites attract.’”
    “ Like when people run off
and elope with guys their parents wouldn’t approve of.”
    “ Yes,
the chemicals I told you about that are produced when you are
attracted to someone, Phenylethylamine, dopamine, and
norepinepherine , are like natural drugs,
making your heart race, your palms sweat, and your knees weak. When
people are infatuated, social obligations, other relationships, and
even sense and sensibility, all fly out the window. ‘Crazy in love’
isn’t just a song.”
    “ I love that Beyoncé
song.” I started dancing around and singing the song.
    “ Phoebes, can you turn the
page please? My hands are full,” she said holding a test tube in
each hand.
    “ Sure,” I said turning the
page. “I didn’t know all of this. I’ve learnt a lot today. Liz, if
the chemicals make people fall in love, then what happens when they
aren’t passionately in love anymore, but are comfortable, and want
to build a future together?”
    “ We become tolerant to the
chemicals, and it’s a good thing. I mean, that passionate love
where people stay up talking all night, and have extreme amounts of
energy, cannot be sustained. Relationships break-up if the people
are desperate to feel that infatuation feeling again, or move into
a new, deeper phase of love.”
    “ The honeymoon is over,” I
giggled.
    “ Most people believe that
you can’t have love without chemistry, and so when they feel that
chemistry, they conclude that it must be love.”
    “ Hmm, but if it’s all
based on physical stuff, then what about personality,
compatibility, and values? Those are the things that last when the
honeymoon phase is over.”
    “ Those things usually only
become important after the infatuation phase. That’s why they say
that you shouldn’t discount a person just because you don’t feel a
burning attraction for them, because that fades after a while, and
what you are left with is more important. The things that you need
to sustain a relationship over years, or a lifetime.”
    “ All of this new
information is making me doubt everything I thought I knew about
love.”
    “ I know!” she exclaimed,
looking like she should have a light bulb above her head. “We’ll
use a lock of your hair, because that contains DNA. Hand me those
scissors over there.”
    I touched my hair
defensively.