She let out a soft sigh as she shifted slightly in her seat. "You don't have to say that. You don't owe me anything for forgiving you, okay?"

"Yeah..." I trailed off as I gazed downwards, allowing the silence to settle once again amongst us.

The clock on the wall ticked loudly throughout the room, causing us to become momentarily distracted from the conversation at hand as we stared at it, listening to the steady ticking sound as it seemed to echo throughout the otherwise silent room.

It wasn't until several seconds passed that we snapped out of our thoughts and glanced back up at one another. She gave me...