Chapter 15

~Collide~

We never taste happiness in perfection,

our most fortunate successes

are mixed with sadness.

~

Pierre Corneille

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Lately, we've been spending so much time together -- sort of. Seeing her spare her time just to come and see Melissa makes me happy and thankful. I can't deny that there's something that has changed in me since she started coming here more often, not only has their been a change in the way I feel about her, but there's also been a change in the way I act around her.

I try to cast these feelings away but they seem to be getting out of control — it's starting to become obvious that I like her more than I'm supposed to. It's starting to become obvious that a single touch of her hand on my skin ignites a fire in me I can't put out. Before, I hardly held eye contact with her because of how nervous I was around her,