[ Anna's PoV ]
"I love you, Zach."
I'd said it. Just like that, my most protected secret was out in the air like four words weighing on the already heavy silence that surrounded the both of us.
As a little girl, I loved fairytales, but never believed in them. I never thought I'd have a fairytale starting with a 'once upon a time', and ending with a 'happily ever after.' Despite how much I'll want that, I think to have that perfect love story is too dreamy and unreal to be expecting from life. And even then, I always dreamed of this moment. When I'd finally tell him that I did love him, and how this has been the most guarded truth about my feelings for him that I've known for a while. Somewhere deep down, I always knew I'd say it first. Hell, I didn't even know if he feels the same way o
