He has always seen her. He has always noticed. She has never. And then. she fell in love. Broken hearts, hurt feelings, leaving backs, and her, in the eye of the storm, and him, flying around her. Then at eighteen, a bomb. One the three of them could never have anticipated. These days, everything hurts, so much, so much. I glance up at him, and smile, just that once, to reassure both of us. And then. I close my tired eyes to the sound of his humming.All Rights Reserved