“You keep pushing me away.” My frown deepens, and I think, I have to. I have to push you away, because if I don’t… If I don’t… “What about our friendship?” he says quietly. “What about us? Do I mean nothing to you?” You mean everything to me, and that’s the problem. But of course I can’t say that. Swallowing tightly, I shake my head. “You’re my best friend, Mason,” I whisper. My only friend, really. And if that isn’t just the saddest thing ever. “And you’re mine.”
