I have to admit, an unrequited love is so much better than a real one. I mean, it's perfect... As long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless potential.

It wasn't about being happy or unhappy. I just didn't want to be me anymore.

In the end, though, maybe it's not how you reach a place that matters. Just that you get there at all.

Okay," he said. He took a breath. "What would you do, if you could do anything?" I took a step toward him, closing the space between us. "This." I said. And then I kissed him.

Change is inevitable, though," he replied. "As is disappointment. Best to get used to it now.

When someone starts to change, and it’s obvious, it's sort of natural to wonder why. Right?

Rogerson," I asked him sweetly as we sat watching a video in the pool house, "where would I find the pelagic zone?" "In the open sea," he said. "Now shut up and eat your Junior Mints.