you can't destroy me because i destroy myself

"Annie, can we please talk. Just let me explain." Leo was practically begging, standing in front of her table where she sat in the library.

Annie ignored him, picking up her book and walking out of the library.

Leo wanted to hurt someone, to punch anything, even himself.

He knew all along that what he was doing by reading her letters was wrong. Especially after they had become friends and she had started to trust him. He knew he should stop and he wanted to, he even tried to but then he couldn't help himself.

It was the only way he could know how Annie was feeling, to know what she was thinking and to get a brief glimpse on what was going on.

He didn't excuse it because he knew he messed up. He should have returned the first letter he had ever found.

He tried to justify it in his head, tried to come up with ways to explain this to Annie so she could know that he was only ever worried about her but he knew there was no use. Nothing he said would be good enough, nothing would make her t