Nina narrating: Rejected... He had rejected me. He didn't want me. He had run away from me. As the realization of these difficult facts settled in my mind, I wrapped my arms around my torso in a weak attempt to gain some strength. It was pathetic. I was pathetic. How could I fall so quickly and deeply for someone who obviously didn't feel the same about me? How could I fall so easily and quickly into that trap of unfounded dreams and unilateral desires that could never become reality? How could I lose myself in just a mere daydream? I was stronger than this. How could I believe that an attraction, possibly even unilateral, could solve all the problems that existed between us? I had always prided myself on being mature compared to others my age. I didn't open my heart, nor was I o

