Falling like Ryen

She sat there, her blond hair falling in waves as she watched her shoes. Just watching them, never looking up, never moving her eyes. I found myself watching her shoes as well, trying to see what she saw, trying to figure out how a ratty pair of Toms might hold so much interest.
I gave up after a few minutes and went back to my practice. I had given up so much in the last 6 months and basketball wasn't going to be one of those things, I wouldn't let it be.
After another thirty minutes of her creepily zoned out on her shoes I couldn't help myself, I always had a problem of talking to strangers.
"Hey. Are you okay?"

Falling like Ryen is a story about two people. Elijah, the boy who's there trying to fix the brokenness, and the girl, Ryen who isn't even sure she wants to be fixed.