And Then I Went And Loved You.

"I can't do this. Not any more. It's too much! Too much." I whispered, wrapping my arms around myself in a naive attempt to prevent whatever warmth remained from escaping my shivering body.
"You don't mean that." He said slowly, catiously, like I was a wild animal he wasn't sure if he should approach.
"That's just the thing, I do. I really do." My eyes stung as I attempted to fight back the tears. "The worst part is everything was going just fine. Perfect even. And then just like always I screwed everything up. It was great between us, and then I..." I dragged off, shaking my head slowly.
"And then you what?" His voice was quite, I barely even heard him.
What difference would it make if he knew? I wondered. Sighing I looked up and met his gaze. "And then I went and loved you."