The Upside of Falling

Read to me.”

“Why?”

“Because you go somewhere else when you read. I want to go there with you.”

And with all the downsides of love, you managed to show me the upside,”

It’s not our fault for not giving them a reason to stay. It’s their fault for not finding one.

“Because you go somewhere else when you read. I want to go there with you.”

“But words are scarier than images.”

The stars fell from the sky and landed on his face. It was the brightest smile of them all.

In this whole mess, you’re the only constant. You’re the one that always comes back.”

Maybe if I said it enough I could trick myself into believing it.

I didn’t even look at it, I just opened it to a random page, tore it out, then threw it into the water.

And, okay, maybe avoiding him wasn’t the best solution, but what did I know? Relationship virgin here. Even books didn’t prepare me for this.