The seconds stretched into minutes as the clock ticked steadily. Her words repeated in her head.

“I love you,” she had said. Why had she said that? Why had she let herself say that?

Please say something, she screamed in her head, please, anything.

The girl in front of her scrunched her face into an apologetic look. She knew her answer without the girl even saying anything.

“I’m sorry,” she whispered. Her red hair blowing in the wind, making this harder than it needed to be.

“It’s alright,” she replied. Her heart was crushed, she didn’t know how she left and got into her car but all she knew was that she was home now. She curled up in her unkept bed and begged to disappear.