No One But Us

by Elizabeth O'Roark

I think of all this as our eyes lock, and I find myself hoping one day she will find someone who loves her the way she deserves. I know for a fact that person can never be me.

forgotten how it was possible to feel about someone, what it was like to really…crave something, instead of just accept the things you have.”

“I can’t even think when you’re in the same room.” He sighs. “I want you so much I can’t even think.”

“You’re so beautiful,” he whispers. “You’re so fucking beautiful it hurts to be around you.”

“Jesus,” he says, pulling back to study my face. “I’m sorry I let you think that, even for a second. I’m sorry I insisted on hiding this, and that I didn’t say the things I should have said a long time ago. I’m in love with you. Since the moment you walked out on the deck, nothing has been the same.”