You ignore their advances on you. You turn your shoulder like they’re any other person out and about that you just have no interest in talking to.

You pull a book from the shelf. It was your favorite book when you were in high school. You remember really enjoying how the relationship between the two main characters was written. You dreamed of having the love that they had forever. When you began to fall in love with your partner, you knew that’s how you two were going to end up. But you were wrong. It’s only been a handful of years and now it’s over, and the only reason you two are still together is the mind games you have to play with yourselves to stay.