Throw in the intensity of emotions that come with that bittersweet summer sandwiched between high school graduation and the rest of your life.

...love is the sum of our choices, the strength of our commitments, the ties that bind us together.

He nods, as if to acknowledge that endings are almost always a little sad, even when there is something to look forward to on the other side.

Did she ever regret her choices? Were her decisions more clear-cut than mine - or are there always shades of gray whe it comes to matters of the heart?

And although one broken heart doesn't make me an expert in the subject, I believe you need both things - time and an emotional replacement - to fully mend one.

You don't have to talk to someone to think about them and check up on them now and again.

Despite the fact that I have no regrets about how things turned out in my life, I still can't help wanting to understand my intense relationship with Leo, as well as that turbulent time between adolescence and adulthood when everything feels raw and invigorating and scary-and why those feelings are all coming back to me now.