The Upside of Falling

by Alex Light

It was like, if love couldn’t exist in reality, at least it was alive in fiction.

mean, there’s a reason all books end right after the couple gets together. No one wants to keep reading long enough to see the happily ever after turn into an unhappily ever after. Right?

Could love really make the world stop? Why did it make every female character feel alive? Wasn’t she alive before she met him?

“Star-crossed lovers are two people whose love is doomed,” I read aloud. “There are so many forces working against them that not even the stars can keep them together.”

I knew the expressions on their faces all too well.