GRIEF TAUGHT ME TO LIVE NUMB. Death takes more than just the one life. It thieves tiny particles from the ones left behind until you feel only half alive.

Either I'm yours, and you're mine, or we're nothing.""What?" She blinks her confusion."I said," drawing out the word and giving her a few seconds to ge accustomed to our new reality. "Either I'm yours and you're mine, or we're nothing. I don't want to be your friend. I want to be... yours.

Screw it. Girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.

Healthy people can own their mistakes and, over time, move on.