As the morning sun reached the sky, my alarm clock went off. I rolled over, seeing Cole’s striking face staring back at me. Last night was a complete disaster until he came over. We had s*x, talked a little, then fell asleep, not necessarily in that order. The feeling of having him here brought back so much that I had pushed away over these past few months. It hurt so much to have him here, knowing that he would eventually leave just like last time. The worst part of it was that I allowed it to happen. I opened my heart to him again, knowing that all he would do is crush it into a million pieces. “Good morning, beautiful,” Cole said, stretching his arm around my waist and pulling me closer. “Let’s just stay in bed all day. I will order us some breakfast, which we can eat in bed,

