Dear Taylor,

Hello.

I have something to tell you, but I don’t know if I will ever have the courage to give this to you. I have decided to write it down anyways and then, even if I don’t give you this letter, maybe I will read it alone sometimes and smile because I’m thinking of you.

There it is. I practically just said it.

I love you, Taylor.

Not as a friend, but as something else. Maybe something more. I don’t really know for sure and I am very new to all this, but when I see you my heart gives a little jump and I can’t breathe for a second. Sometimes I embarrass myself by tripping when you are walking toward me. And maybe you have noticed, but you haven’t said anything and that is one of the things I like about you.

I also like the way you smile at me as if I am the only person in the world. And I like how you seem to always know what I’m thinking, and even when no one else notices or cares, you understand. I like your hugs, they always make me feel warm and at peace.

But most of all, I like how you are always there for me, no matter what. And maybe giving you this letter will somehow change us, but maybe that is okay. Maybe if we are together, even if you don’t feel the same, we can find a way to still be there for each other.

At least I will not have to hide how I feel anymore.

Yes, I have decided. I will give this to you and even if you don’t feel the same, or you pretend you never read it and we just go back to normal, I know you won’t leave me because you love me too. Maybe not in the way I love you. But in some way, we love each other.

Your best friend,

Justice