Over the years I chastised myself for being naïve, for inviting him to stay the weekend. That second guessing is what stopped me from telling anyone and stopped me from reporting it to the campus police.

Show me a man who has never pushed when someone said no

Let’s face it; the more someone tells us we’re special, especially if we haven’t heard that message consistently, the more likely we are to believe it. I did.

Christ

He ripped me a new one.

In I suppose a pinprick of hope, I look out his windshield

wanting it to be true: northern lights or meteor showers

Hey.  I know we haven’t talked in a long time and I’ve ignored you off and on since age 7, but I’ve been hearing a lot about your friends in the news