And I don't want you to be anywhere but here

I fall down and my palms split open against the gravel. Injuries on the outside are easy to endure and I get up without hesitation.

I’m pretty certain my worthless heart shatters inside my chest, and she steals one of the pieces. If it didn’t already belong to someone else I probably would have handed her all the pieces right then and there.

I thought I’d saved Kayden that night at the pool house, but I was wrong. I just bought him time until the next windstorm swept through.

I walk out the door with a heavy feeling in my heart as another secret falls on top of it.

In the existence of our lives, there is a single coincidence that brings us together and for a moment, our hearts beat as one.

It’s a moment I’ll remember forever, because it belongs to me.