AIR || CARLSON YOUNG [1]

TWENTY-THREE

NEW MESSAGE TO CARLY BEAN

lacey: we need to talk

carly bean: about?

lacey: well, we should really be on better terms or something

lacey: i love you, and being friends sounds horrible, but we kind of have to since some of my best friends are your best friends

carly bean: i don't want to be your friend, lacey. i want everything with you. i want to marry you some day

lacey: do you really, though?

carly bean: i do

carly bean: lace, i have never been as brave as you are. i'm a coward

lacey: no you're not, you're one of the bravest people i've ever met, don't degrade yourself

lacey: i love you, and i'm sorry for hurting you. we just can't be together, i can't be with you

carly bean: but i love you

lacey: sometimes love isn't enough, carlson

lacey: i have to go, i really do hope we can be friends someday

i'm cryinf