The Upside of Falling

The color of her cheerleading uniform matched Brett’s varsity jacket. “Love’s still worth the risk, even if it can lead to heartbreak.” Students were nodding. It was like, if love couldn’t exist in reality, at least it was alive in fiction. People always talk about falling in love but no one ever talks about falling out of it. It blew her hair around her face and it was like she finally let herself relax, let herself breathe.