TAYLOR

She is too good for a boy like me

Since I said those words, they have troubled me. I was being honest, but when they left my mouth, they sounded like me trying to absolve myself of all responsibility. I couldn't lie that when I saw River, something was different every time.

I had been in love before, and this was not that; it was something more intense that I kept wanting to feel because of how good it felt.

“Taylor?” she asked. Her back was to me, unmoved and in the same position ...