Everything Between Us

t neighbors anymore; they weren't just childhood friends who had crossed paths out of convenience. They became e

t like home. They'd spent their teenage years wrapped up in each other's worlds, knowing every little detail about the other person. Ava knew how Jordan liked his coffee,

us. He knew that she had a soft spot for animals, especially stray cats, and th

when things got complicated with their growing feelings for each other, they brushed

everythi

o Easton for work. It wasn't a sudden decision. He had hinted at it before, but it always

cking, trying to process it. The thought of him being so far away made her chest tighten. They had alw

finally asked, her voic

ing. "I don't have a choice, Ava. You kno

hear the reasoning, the explanations, the logical answer

supposed to live witho

"You'll be fine. You're strong,

her voice a little louder now. "I want y

he'd spent all these years building a life with Jordan, and

ovies. It wasn't tear-filled or grand. It was just... painful. The kind of pain that ca

ends. Her mom kept pushing her to focus on her studies, to keep busy, to make the most of the situat

ere never Jordan. No one else seemed to understand her the way he did. She thought about him al

didn't want it to. Ava started finding new parts of herself. She got involved in different activities, found a group of friends who were kin

art of her that realized maybe this was life's way of teaching her that people c