The moment I’ve been waiting for. I used to dream of the shiny ocean waves right in front of my face. I’ve once imagined how the stars in Greece would look like. What it would be like to feel so… grounded. Present.

And now I’m here.

I take a deep breath in.

How could anyone question whether or not It’s worth leaving their small town for?

Nothing else feels this way.

I would never know the bou...

“Will you just tell me you love me already?” I ask with a grin to show that I’m only teasing. Of course, I only partly mean it. He would never know that though, unless he actually tells me.

The panic that flashes through his irises tells me everything I need to know. My heart sinks.

I push out a laugh that even a child could see through, and lean forward. “Josh, I was only kidding… Gosh, like be...

I thought I’d gotten over this.

David was right. I do hold grudges. Damnit.

I was supposed to be the peaceful one, the one who forgave and forgot. Obviously THAT won’t be happening anytime soon. I swear if he gives me that tone again, I’m going to… I’m going to tell him off, that’s what I’m going to do.

I should’ve fought for myself more instead of just taking it.

Next time, maybe I’ll say som...

I then jump.

His words, laced with hurt and betrayal, fall down the side of the building with me. They flow and wrap themselves around every limb I own until fully scorched to my bones.

“He knows. He knows. They all know.” I squeeze my eyes closed against the burn of tears and I let myself imagine this free fall ending in a sweet death. A silent darkness.

But the gear I’m attached to p...