Melissa spent the afternoon at her window, feeling the sun on her face. Two of her friends were giggling on the bed, chatting away at some shopping deal they managed to bag, but Melissa? She was lost in the void of time and space where only one person seemed to show up constantly.
She just couldn't stop thinking about him. He'd cooked up something sweet, had tended to her, spoke kind words, and had even advised her on how to be more careful.
“Hey,” Phoebe, one of the girls called.
“You noticed?” Another one Rhoda said, “She's blanked out ever since she returned.”
“Exactly. What's going on, Mel?” Phoebe asked, and Melissa turned to them, a smile still on her face.
“I might be kind of torn. Like… when it comes to men, I want to have nothing to do with Laura, but I think I just tangl
