Before We Were Us

She stepped up to my side in a dark club and ordered a whiskey.

My go-to drink.

I didn't know her name, I knew nothing about her, but every part of me came alive. For more than a year my life had been turned upside down. I'd hit a wall at every turn, but suddenly the weight had lifted.

And the minute she stepped away, I felt the loss.

Things are not always as they seem. We all have regrets; parts of our lives we wish we could erase. For me, I wish I could change the order in which those choices were made. Had I only met her first. Had it been her that said yes. Brynn is everything I could ever want, the problem is, my past may keep us from ever having a future.

Because before we were us, I was a version of myself I'd like to forget. But that version of me has not yet been laid completely to rest.

Contains mature themes.