There was a long pause before either of us spoke again. Then Renee suddenly asked, “Why did you come to my house anyway?”

“I was worried.” Gabriel stared at the ceiling as he felt himself blushing.

“Why?”

“Well, first it was the pain and anguish I saw in your eyes. The I found your poetry notebook on the gr-”

“Did you read it?!”

“Only the one page! I love your poetry. I couldn’t resist. And it’s your fault for hiding things from me in the first place!”

“Why should you care?!” She was yelling as loud as she could. “Why should anyone care? I brought this on myself so I’ll take care of it myself!”

“By just taking it?” Gabriel shot up. He felt dizzy but he was too infuriated by her words to care.

“Why do you care?!?!”

“Because I love you!” Gabriel had finally said it, yet he didn’t feel relieved.

“Well that causes a problem.” Her tone was much softer now.

“What do you mean?”

“I never told you why I write, did I?”

“Appearantly you didn’t tell me a lot of things.”