"I-I know I shouldn't be jealous because I like you and you like me, but we're not as good as we are... it's difficult to picture what the two of us are like! It's as if we had a connection in the eyes of others, despite the fact that we don't. I know, just because you like me doesn't mean you won't like anyone else." Other people stare at us as we walk by, but I don't mind.

"Alyana—"

"Just tell me now, Stephen, if you have any intentions of having a relationship with me. If you have a plan for us, I'd like to know what it is because...