“When did it go from us against the world to you against me?” My voice rang through the empty alleyway.

He stared at me, unfeeling eyes and an icy expression, “Why are we against each other?”

Still no response.

Then, “When I was promised more.”

He said it so simply. So freaking simply. I felt anger burn through my veins as my heart shattered.

“What did they have that I didn’t? What did the offer you that I couldn’t give you? I loved you and you pushed me away. You knew I loved you too, you lead me on for what?” I paused hating him more and more with every word. Hating that I could still feel the ghost of the fireworks he had made me feel. Hating that there was a part of me that loved him, even when he had pushed me away.

“Answer me, dang it!”

He shrugged. He s h r u g g e d.

“Now are you done babbling I have somewhere important to be.”

Babbling? Is that what he thought I was doing? Babbling?

That’s when I vowed to myself that I would never love someone without them loving me back. That’s when I vowed I would never love again.