B O N N I E
"I love you." As soon as the words leave his mouth, I know he regrets them. Whether he regrets thinking them or voicing them, though, I can't tell.
"Josh," I breathe out and step towards him, but he moves back. He refuses to look up and meet my eyes, but I don't let up.
"I love you too," I whisper with a shy smile, trying to get him to look back at me, but it doesn't work.
"I have to go," he grumbles almost incoherently, and with that, he leaves. Without even so much as an explanation, he just walks out of the room and leaves those three words lingering.
"What the f**k," I mumble under my breath, dragging a hand over my face, hoping to wipe away whatever just happened. I walk over and sit beside my window, watching as Josh walks across the street and into his dad's house.
