I had so many things I wanted to tell him, but no words were coming out of my mouth. There was so much going on in my head yet I couldn’t bring myself to say any of it.
“Let us find a vase for those flowers for now, Soph.” Ben’s voice broke the silence once again.
“Umm.” I nodded. Maybe leaving this room, which was smelling like burnt cookies, was for the best.
“Since it’s quite hot outside, how about going to the beach with others? It’s not too far from here and Mike’s family has a holiday house there. We can even stay overnight, have barbeque on the beach at night… It will be great!” Ben’s arm was around me as we were walking to find a vase for the bouquet which I was hugging in my arms.
“Sounds fun. As long as we don’t have to melt in the heat, I’m all up for it.” I smiled a bit. I
