friday night lights
05/16/2006 "You are not a terrible person for wanting to break up with someone you love. You don’t need a reason to leave. Wanting to leave is enough. Leaving doesn’t mean you’re incapable of real love or that you’ll never love anyone else again. It doesn’t mean you’re morally bankrupt or psychologically demented or a nymphomaniac. It means you wish to change the terms of one particular relationship. That’s all. Be brave enough to break your own heart." The silence is what I looked forward to in my pointless life. My leg was senseless and my check burning. Someday, I hoped he’d burn in hell with me. I moved my right hand from under my butt and slightly brushed my cheek. I could feel the hard knot, swelling. Excuses, I always needed those. I was already thinking of a lie to tell Monte, my boss at Starbucks and my professor of my biotechnology course, a teacher who really did care. Maybe I wouldn’t have to face them tomorrow, I could call in sick and be absent from class ...