Don't Be In Love

by Liana Cincotti

“It’s love. Everything about love is embarrassing. You’re pining over someone who’s across the room hardly thinking of you. That’s incredibly embarrassing. But I also think there’s something romantic about being secretly fond of someone in a way that only you know.”

His lips met mine and I gasped despite myself. It felt like all the lights in London exploded.

I hated how much I had her memorized. I hated how much overtime my brain was running to remember her while I slept, injecting it into my dreams.

I prefer you in every room.

There was something beautiful about falling in love with the uncertainty of life.