He'd pushed her. He'd scared her. He'd besieged her. He'd vowed he wouldn't, and he did.

She had to have faith not just in trying but in failing. Was she strong enough to fail Was she strong enough not to

She felt like parts of her soul were missing, had left her body long ago. It had happened not in Greece three months ago, but long before that. It was in Greece that she'd realized those parts had left her and were not coming back.

I love you, I'll never stop.

A tree is such a rich metaphor in a million beautiful ways. You can consider a tree growing and consider its connectedness to all things above and under the ground.

What can I say? I'm obsessed. And as we all know obsessed girls can't be held responsible for our actions.

Their friendship was only one aspect of their lives but it seemed to give meaning to all the others.