When love cost me You
alk to about anything, laugh with over silly jokes, and rely on durin
w furrowed in concentration when grading papers, the way his lips twitch
possi
ad never shown any signs of feeling the same way. He was comfortable around her, yes, but t
iosity gna
the nearly empty staffroom,
een her fingers, "you should really think about getting a g
uddenly froze. The lighthearted comment shouldn't have affect
sing the notebook. "Oh?
Someone who can handle your
his head. "I don't
g his arm. "But seriously, i
ue. Yes, Lilian. You. But instead, he glanced away, mas
her disappointment. So, he re
different. That he'd mention someone who sounded a lot
cause he was offended, but because they reminded him of his own cowardice. She was sitting right ther
d he
lowing with Dennis's contact. She had been staring at it for
rself. Tell him how you f
isread everything? What if Dennis only saw her as a fri
through her hair. It wasn't like her to hesitate th
pping inside, holding a basket of folded laundry. "Y
efore shaking her
knowing smile playing on her
rt skipped a
ed, placing the laundry down. "I've alw
, stunned. "Mo
m. And didn't you say he's been busy with work lately? Why don't you g
outh to protest, bu
ve affected her, yet it did. Because
e her the courage to say what she had been holdin
bothered h
and She will have to fac
lways were now eerily silent. The last of the students had already gon
" she murmured, closing her lesson planner. She glanced at
e again?" she asked
his head. "No, I'm just f
the handle, a loud clap of thunder rumbled outside. Seconds later
glanced back at Dennis, who had a
k for a while," he said,
rned to her seat. "I s
ckled from the corner. "You two should take this as a sign," she
htly. "We just happen to fi
d, but he avoided
d. The rhythmic tapping of droplets against th
funny," she mused. "We've been working in the same place f
, slightly intrigued
everyday things... but never about ourselves." She turned to him, searching h
eant it as small talk or something deeper
times, what we want and what w
er head. "That
. "Not really.
g. The moment felt intimate, almost too personal. If he had ever wan
mp slightly. She laughed, brushing off her reaction. "I
er as she pulled out her
nce. Maybe he should s
ays, he let t
rain contin
silence between
again, they both rode home