Chapter 43: Past, Present and Future

I'm out here writing break up songs in my head. My curtains were closed and the lights were off. I sat in the corner of my dark bedroom, with my arms around my knees. I'm feeling sad, listening to sad music so I can feel even sadder. I know that's a meme and I'm here for it. I pressed shuffle on my phone and let Adele fill the void.

I don't like how people at my school were laughing at me behind my back. I thought I was in a committed relationship with someone, while they all thought I was a side piece in Luke and Bianca's love story.

Just when I feel like we're getting irreversibly close, why do we have to take ten steps back? I've laid on his chest and listened to his heartbeat. It felt raw and true. I felt like I'd met someone so different to me and yet connected, like we were cut from the same cloth. His strengths were my weaknesses and his weaknesses were my strengths.