It was a love that started in high school. She liked him for unknown reasons and regardless of the outcome. She tossed and turned for him, calculating the distance between the two of them every time they changed seats. It was the careful trick she used when handing in homework. It was the luxury of having a note from him.
And people always give the people they love countless last chances, not to indulge, but to get over the hurdle in their hearts.
Some people asked if they would have made such a choice if they had known the outcome.
She said that many things are not left to people to choose.