because it was then, as he held her in his unwavering gaze, that she knew she was in love with him as well.

What were the odds that she'd turn away at the same instant the ball came flying her way? And that she'd be holding a soda in a crowd at a volleyball game she didn't even want to watch, in a place she didn't want to be? In a million years, the same thing should probably never happen again. With odds like that, she should have bought a lottery ticket.

Change isn't always for the best.

Katie smiled and turned away, knowing it wasn't an illusion or a figment of her imagination. She knew what she saw. She knew what she believed.

It hadn't been so long ago, yet sometimes she felt that she'd been an altogether different person back then.

I know you loved her, but it's okay to let it go now. You know that, don't you? You've got to be able to let it go.

While I sleep, I dream of you, and when I wake, I long to hold you in my arms. If anything, our time apart has only made me more certain that I want to spend my nights by your side, and my days with your heart.