Separation and Snapchats

Dear Aoife,

I'm a little anxious. Had a pretty good day so far; not thinking about you too much. I did check a couple of times to see if you’d viewed my Snapchats: you hadn't. (You left your phone in the cloakroom; maybe it was lost. That might make both our lives easier for a while. If you've lost my number, you know where to find me!)

What’s playing on my mind the most is: how close we seemed to get and then the ease with which you cut me off. I believe you when you said about not wanting one relationship after another, but: do you really not want to see me? Maybe you didn't find it easy at all; maybe you’re good at hiding at?

What’s hilarious is your brothers now think I'm a creep, since they saw me touching you. And T is actively leading you away from me, telling you not to kiss me and pushing you towards A. Why would he? Was he being a protective friend? Fair enough.

It seems what we need the most is separation and space. The optimist in me is hoping it will bring you closer. Absence and all that. Not much to be done.

Yours,

d