TheWriteGuy
Same.
Let me guess—you’re replaying your life decisions in your head a hundred different ways?
ReadToLiv
How do you always know?
TheWriteGuy
Writer instincts. Comes with the territory.
I smiled, already feeling more relaxed, lighter, just from talking to him. Just like I always did.
ReadToLiv
Can I ask you something?
TheWriteGuy
Always.
ReadToLiv
Do you ever … feel like you’re being pulled in two directions at once?
TheWriteGuy
All the time. Why?
I debated how much to say. How could I explain everything that I was thinking, feeling, without saying too much? But there was a part of me that wanted to tell him, thatneededto tell him.
ReadToLiv
Because there’s someone in my life right now who … I don’t know. He’s unexpected. He makes me feel things I wasn’t ready for. And then there’s you.
TheWriteGuy
… Me.
ReadToLiv
Yeah. You.
And I feel like I’m betraying one by wanting the other. Which doesn’t even make sense because technically, there’s nothing official with either of you. But my heart doesn’t seem to care about technicalities.
I stared at the blinking cursor after I sent it, pulse racing. Too much.I’d said too much.
TheWriteGuy
It’s not betrayal to feel. You’re allowed to want connection. You’re allowed to explore what makes you happy.
ReadtoLiv
But what if I get it wrong? What if I choose the wrong person and ruin everything?
TheWriteGuy
