Promise Me Not

by Meagan Brandy

“It’s okay not to be okay…even if it’s not for the reason everyone thinks.”

“Hey, Mason!” Deaton calls not five seconds after we break from the others. We glance back, and Deaton’s eyes lock with mine. “You got my family in your hands.”

I don’t want a ticket to the top anymore. I want three.

STAHPPPP

“I’m dead serious. I can’t compete with a ghost, so I won’t,” I promise. “He can keep your heart for all eternity. Just let me hold you for all of mine.”

“I will wait forever for just the chance you’ll love me back.”