"Hayden, something really bad may happen soon. To you and me."
"To you and me, or to us? Or both?" Hayden asked.
"All of it. Something is going to happen to our relationship, and we may split. After our split, we may also get hurt individually. I can feel it, and I am scared," Alexia explained in a small voice.
She took a deep straggling breath and continued, still staring at the glimmering surface of the ocean, "I'm scared, and I don't know what to do. Every instinct in me is telling me to run, to push you away, to clip our relationship in the bud, so I can prevent this catastrophe. I -" Hayden cut her off, turning away from the ocean to face her, "So you're going to listen to it, huh? You're going to let a fear of the future dictate our present? You'd really give up on us?" he asked,
