Noelle and Brian, 3
“I’m not sure if I’ll ever be okay.”
The words were quiet, inaudible even. He wanted so badly to express what he had been feeling for as long as he could remember, but he could never get the right words out. Every time he tried, he either chickened out, the words weren’t right, or like this situation, no one could hear them. It had just started as a simple conversation between he and Noelle, but somehow he had gotten here. He just hadn’t felt right today, and of course she could notice this. He lied like usual and said he was fine, then added in his inaudible words. He followed them with a trademark smile, to make sure he was covered. She couldn’t know, no one could ever know. There was too much hurt and worry in the world, he refused to be the cause of anymore of it.
