Lucy Giancola’s Reviews > You and Me on Vacation > Status Update

And I don’t know what we’ve down, what chain reaction we might have just triggered, how this will all pan out, but right then I can’t think about anything else but the crush of love looping between us.

And I want a tether-less life of spontaneous trips and exciting new relationships, different seasons with different people, and quite possibly to never settle down.

We’re magnets, trying to draw together even as we cradle the careful distance between us.

“I always want you, Alex,” I whisper. “Always.”

“You won’t lose me,” he says, voice dimmed by the rain. “As long as you want me, I’m here.”

I am in love with you.
The thought is terrifying, probably not even true. A dangerous idea to entertain. I release my hold on it, watch it slip away.
But there are points in the centre of my palms that burn, scorched, proof I once held it there.

I am in love with you.
The thought is terrifying, probably not even true. A dangerous idea to entertain. I release my hold on it, watch it slip away.
But there are points in the centre of my palms that burn, scorched, proof I once held it there.