Come Break My Heart Again

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The first time Ryder James broke my heart I was fifteen and fearless.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The second time he broke my heart I was eighteen and jaded.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Both times I fell for him effortlessly.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Falling is easy.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Our landings are hard. Painful.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We were a sad song with a slow melody. Flowers with paper petals. Hidden letters with visible tears. A beautiful tragedy.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Except tragedies have endings. Our story just ... stopped.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Seven years later I still have more questions than answers. Questions I'm too proud to ask after almost a decade of silence. Answers he refuses to share no matter how much time we're forced to spend together.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Everything's changed ... except how I feel about him. And the recurring moments when I'm certain Ryder hasn't forgotten our past either.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Can you forget your first?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Or are they destined to keep breaking your heart ... over and over again?</span></p>