"Honestly? I've been a fucking wreck for the past two weeks.""Why?" Chris shot her a look."You're really going to make me say it out loud?""Why not? Chris, you just kissed me. I read romance novels. I'm a glutton for this stuff." Chris chuckled in spite of himself."I was scared to death I was never going to see you again," he said quietly. It was his turn to look down at his feet in embarrassment."What would you have done if I hadn't been the one who got that part?" Larissa stopped walking."Probably would have gone insane and ended up in a mental institution eventually.""I'm serious, Chris," though she couldn't help but laugh."So am I," he looked into her eyes completely straight faced.

When a love story turns into a tragedy...

Elise is a beautiful young woman, but as shy as they come. When she meets Danny, her handsome new co-worker, her whole life becomes a whirlwind of change.

Elise's life becomes everything she dreamed and more until a sudden tragedy hits. With the responsibilities of family life and losing the love of their life, will the one left behind be able to carry on?

A (somewhat amusing) tale of my second backpacking trip, written in poem form.