He's like the anti-Ben, but his attention is like a shot of adrenaline.

I'm sure there's drama in their past that I know nothing about, but when someone like Juliet- colorful, beautiful, determined Juliet- begs you to love her, how do you say no?

But it's this one boy, hanging over a barre, sharing his history, who ended up here with me, in this moment, by pure fate. I wonder what it would be like to kiss him.

Ben smiles, our eyes meet, and I lose myself in him I'm back in high school, and he's protecting me from the world.

You don't have to thank me. I love you.