He gave her a small, slightly uncertain but still appreciative smile.
“You did. S… seeing how you wrote and photographed things and… and just… something about you got my attention… I wanted to… to just know you. To s-see your face and.. hear your voice and that n-never happened before…” Jack went on to explain further, looking down at his hand on hers. “…a-and I’m so glad that I, I did.”
The shock having worn off, she remembered what he said about being teased, feeling her heart go out to him. It was because of her that he was changing after having so much happen to him? She couldn’t believe it. She wasn’t even sure how to respond. He seemed to do that a lot with her, taking the words away.
She would have never thought she’d ever be someone’s strength.
She wanted to argue, to tell him she was just a regular, ordinary girl, but she didn’t. “But I’m…just a burden…”
Jack frowned at hearing her say that, before shaking his head.
“You’re not. Please, don’t say that. You m-may think that now, you may have even felt it before but please. You’re many th-things to me, but you’re not a burden, Katelynn…”
Jack Maple 