  Nothing to Say
      For the next few weeks, Rosie hardly heard from or saw Anthony.
      She walked into her apartment after work one night, Anthony sitting on the couch watching the tv with his and Tamara's textbooks and course work sprawled across the coffee table in front of him.
      Rosie halted in her tracks. Her heart started racing, her mind going blank, while her body felt frozen. This was the first time she was seeing Anthony in a few days. They hadn't talked properly since the day she had gotten home from the hospital. That was Anthony's made it pretty obvious that he had feelings for her.
      Anthony looked up when he saw her walk in. He cleared his throat, sitting up straighter. &quot;Tamara just went around the block to pick up some pizza.&quot;
      Rosie nodded her head slowly, walking to the living room.
      An uncomfortable silence lingered in the air above th

  Unforeseen Comfort
      Rosie inhaled deeply, holding the crumbled page above the water, ready to throw it in the lake and get back to her usual lonesome routine.
      &quot;So much for saving the turtles.&quot;
      Rosie snapped around to see the last person she was expecting to run into right now.
      She blinked. For a moment she thought she was hallucinating.
      &quot;Blaze?&quot;
      Blaze's usual smug grin rested on his face as he walked towards her, his hands shoved into his jacket's pockets. &quot;You could just throw the paper in a garbage bin instead of polluting the lake, you know?&quot;
      Rosie slowly retreated her hand back, staring at him in bewilderment. She didn't know if she was more confused by his concern for pollution or the fact that he was here to begin with. &quot;What... are you doing here?&quot;
      Blaze stopped beside her, turning to stare ou

  The Peacefulness of Numbness
      Rosie couldn't stop thinking about Anthony. She didn't know if it was her concussion or her mind unravelling from thinking about Anthony nonstop that was causing her head to hurt.
      She spent the next two weeks mostly in bed. She was sore and achy all the time, her head constantly hurting. She couldn't even read a book or sketch without her head starting to hurt after half an hour.
      Anthony had stopped by briefly to check in on her a few times. Even Aatalo and Ryder stopped by to see how she was doing.
      She knew it was impossible to avoid Anthony, nor would it be fair to him. This time he was the one who seemed to be distant.
      Anthony was struggling with his own increasing feelings towards Rosie. He wasn't naive, he knew he was falling for her hard. He felt lost on what to do because every time he thought they were making progress, 

Nothing to Say
      For the next few weeks, Rosie hardly heard from or saw Anthony.
      She walked into her apartment after work one night, Anthony sitting on the couch watching the tv with his and Tamara's textbooks and course work sprawled across the coffee table in front of him.
      Rosie halted in her tracks. Her heart started racing, her mind going blank, while her body felt frozen. This was the first time she was seeing Anthony in a few days. They hadn't talked properly since the day she had gotten home from the hospital. That was Anthony's made it pretty obvious that he had feelings for her.
      Anthony looked up when he saw her walk in. He cleared his throat, sitting up straighter. &quot;Tamara just went around the block to pick up some pizza.&quot;
      Rosie nodded her head slowly, walking to the living room.
      An uncomfortable silence lingered in the air above them.
      Rosie didn't quite understand why things felt so tense. It was as if Anthony had flip

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