Or what if you’re brave enough to take the chance and it turns out to be everything you’ve been looking for?
ReadToLiv
Easy for you to say.
TheWriteGuy
Not easy. Just true. Sometimes the scariest leap is the one that matters most.
I stared at the screen, rereading his last message until the words blurred, their meaning sinking into me deeper than I wanted them to.
TheWriteGuybelieved in me. He always had. And yet, whenever Talon smiled at me, I’d believed in something too—something I hadn’t known I would ever believe in.
Before I could figure out how to respond, another bubble popped up.
TheWriteGuy
Can I be honest with you?
ReadToLiv
Always.
TheWriteGuy
You’re not the only one caught between two worlds.
ReadToLiv
What do you mean?
TheWriteGuy
I’ve been talking to someone, too. Spending time with her. In person.
ReadToLiv
Oh.
My stomach dropped. I didn’t know why—it wasn’t like I had any claim on him. But still, the words stung.
ReadToLiv
That’s … good. I mean, right? That’s what we’re both saying. That real life matters.
TheWriteGuy
Yeah. It’s good. She’s … surprising. She makes me feel like maybe I don’t have to hide parts of myself anymore.
I closed my eyes. The way he described her sounded achingly familiar, like how I felt with Talon.
ReadToLiv
Sounds like you really like her.
TheWriteGuy
I do. But I still value what we have. You’re important to me.