When We Were Us

a long gone cold. The air smelled of lavender and old sto

athan. T

e either of them had done something technically wrong,

hed behind her.

were that close," Natha

n't. Not until college. But she was

ce stretched

e called,"

oked at him. "

erything got chaotic. We moved overnight. I didn't even g

e said, her vo

murmured. "An

wed hard. "

brief. Complicated.

tions hung in the space between the

the boy who once made her laugh until her