The problem with realizing you had feelings for someone was that everything changed afterward.
Not the world.
Not reality.
Just the way you saw it.
Ava noticed Noah differently now.
She noticed him when he entered a room.
She noticed when he laughed.
She noticed when he was quiet.
She noticed entirely too much.
And after the bonfire, pretending became almost impossible.
The memory of his confession followed her everywhere.
"I almost didn't come tonight because I knew you'd be there."
The words had replayed in her head all weekend.
Again.
And again.
And again.
Ava hated how much she loved remembering them.
Monday arrived wrapped in gray clouds.
Rain threatened overhead.
The house remained unusually quiet.
Sarah and Richard had left early.
Noah was somewhere upstairs.
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