Sometimes it takes losing someone,

To realize

You love them

But then you’re stuck,

With feelings that could have belonged,

Without the person

They were meant for

So all you have left

Is pieces of your heart;

Instead of the whole

But you can’t quite make them fit,

Back together,

Not perfectly;

As time slips a

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The bathroom tile was cool on her cheek, providing Shane with her only tether to reality.

Not even one hour ago, she’d been in the happiest relationship of her life.

Then she’d found the texts. And remembered how she’d ignored all the times when he’d come back home in the middle of the night, slipping into their bedroom, trying not to wake her.

She remembered the secret glances between her be...

As we crept around the side of the building and into the alley, Jamie threw a hand out to stop me.

“What?” I whispered.

He glanced behind his shoulder before answering. “If we get caught, we tell them the truth.”

My eyebrows knitted together. “But we agreed to lie!”

“Well, yeah, I know. But I was thinking about it, and it’s just going to come out at some point or another. So why not get it...