We both laugh. And it feels good. A release. Like laughing at a funeral. Maybe inappropriate, but definitely needed.

I can't. You can't rewrite the past.

This was not a spurr-of-the-moment decision. Do not take me for granted... again.

Because when you're posed, you know someone's watching. You put on your very best smile. You let your sweetest personality shine.

And here he is again, yet things feel like they'll never be as easy between us as they once were.

My heart and my trust were in the process of collapsing. And that collapse created a vacuum in my chest.

It's up to the reader to decipher the code, or the words, based on everything they know about life and emotions.