I can’t say I really fell for Elle, but she was just… new... strangely that was the one and only word i could find to describe this feeling. To some extent, I felt affection for her, and a need to protect her. I wanted to offer her a safe harbor for her heart, somewhere that would shield her from the storms that bellowed out to sea.

It was 9:42.
Oh my God, I’m soooo tired…

My head crashed back into my pillow, and i closed my eyes, trying to fall back asleep. In the darkness, she was all I could see. Her face, her smile… her eyes…
wait… do I…?

I sat up, furrowing my brow, and centering my thoughts on the feelings that ran through my heart. Love…? I can’t tell…

Just then the phone rang on my bed stand, making me jump slightly. I picked up, expecting my my parents’ voices since they called often.
“Hey Sean, it’s Elle…”
The tone she spoke in made my stomach turn over.
“Hey…”