Love In Chaos

to hold everything back, waiting for her to make a decision. It was both comforting and suffocating. Every time she saw him in class, or when he would message her just to ask

ifferent. Her emotions were messy, tangled up in a million different directions. She couldn't pretend that she didn't care about D

motion. She had been sitting in her room, aimlessly scrolling through social media when her pho

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en for a moment before she type

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d to see you.

urgency in his words unsettled her, making her feel like she had no choice but to respond. She quickly grabbe

iel sitting on one of the benches, his hands shoved deep into the pockets of his jacket

softly as she

his gaze-something intense, something vulnerable-that made Emma's heart ache. H

About us, about everything." He paused for a moment, trying to collect his thoughts.

reath catch. "W

etending like I don't care about you. Like I don't want to be with you. I've been waiting for you t

sense of what he was saying. She had known that Daniel cared about her-that was obvious. But h

r voice shaky, "I... I

Emma. I just... I can't do this anymore. I can't keep pretending like I'm okay wi

tried to push her feelings down, to convince herself that everything would be fine if they just kept things as the

e barely audible. "But I'm scared, Daniel. I'm scare

r in the moment. "I don't want to lose you either. But Emma, we can't keep pretendi

ng in limbo, pretending that their connection was something it wasn't. But at the same time, she couldn't ignore her fears-the fe

at him. "I don't know if I can handle the pressure. I don't w

ng the back of her hand. "But sometimes, Emma, you have to take a chance.

pressing on her, urging her to make a decision. She had spent so much time avoi

had been holding them back for too long. "I want to try, Daniel. But I ne

can do that. I'll be patient, Emma. We'll take it slow. I just...

he first time in what felt like forever, she wasn't afraid to take the step. Maybe it wouldn't be easy. Maybe it would be m

round them. Emma wasn't sure what the future held, but in this