Creeping

{ Justin }

Nina was so bubbly all night yesterday, so playful and relaxed that I didn't expect this side of her.

She's actually taking me by surprise with this tone and serious voice, it’s like she’s a whole different person all of a sudden.

But avoiding the situation, doing everything possible to avoid confrontation and letting things pile up forever is something that I'm more than used to; everyone in my family is like that. So I can't let my mate get away with it because I won't survive a marriage like that.

Not forever. I’ve been trying to fix those problems in my own family for so long, it would kill me to have to go through the same thing with a different person.

"Nina, I just want to make sure we're okay," I say, trying to catch her blue eyes, but she's pretending to read the menú. Ignoring me, "I think..."

"Please, just stop," she says, looking up at me again, "This is awkward. You don't want to be with me today or tomorrow or in two years, then don't be with me. I'm