Chapter 33: Together

Casey’s POV

“You what?” Heather asks, completely shocked.

Casey cannot help the small smile that appears on his face at her response. Her eyes are wide and her jaw has literally dropped. The joy coursing through his veins at finally confessing how he feels has him feeling like he is floating.

“Heather, I love you. I have fallen completely and utterly in love with you,” Casey happily confesses again.

Heather continues to stare at him stunned. After a moment, the smile slips from Casey’s face. He thought they were on the same page. That she felt the same way about him. Now he’s not so sure. She had said she felt the connection between them before. On the night they first kissed she said she had never felt so connected to another person. Maybe she just isn’t ready to say those words yet.

“Heather, you don’t have to say anything back. I just needed you to know how I feel,” Casey says, determined to salvage the moment.