I should be over it by now. I walked that path a hundred times, but tonight it felt heavier. I could still hear her voice in my head. “I need space, Raven.”

Yeah, space. Always space. Because I was too much of something too much of a mess, too much of a fucking disaster. She wasn’t wrong, I guess. I did things that pushed people away. But she knew that. She knew. Guess I should’ve known better than to fall for someone like Elise. She was all fiery eyes and soft touches, making promises she didn’t have the guts to keep. But that was the thing about me, I don’t learn until it’s too late.

I could hear her voice again in my head. "You don’t even try, Raven."

Funny thing, I did try. Just not with her... I pulled the door open to the dorm and walked down the hallway to my room.