“You don’t need to drop me every day, Alex. I can take a bus, you know.” I said as he parked the car to walk me to the college building. “If you get late because of me, I will feel bad.”
“I can’t do that….” Alex said, holding the door of the car open for me. “What if you forget that you have a boyfriend?” He pulled me into a hug and buried his head in the crook of my neck. “I can’t risk that…”
I stood there awkwardly, letting him hug me. I wish that I could say that I wouldn’t forget him, but deep down, I knew that wasn’t the case. Despite my best efforts, I couldn’t form that kind of bond with him. It made me wonder if something was wrong with me. Maybe I lacked the ability to fall deeply in love.
“I didn’t expect you to have changed so much in the past two years,” a familiar voice s
