I Love You

At the carnival, he handed her a bear prize holding a heart that read, “I love you,” like a billboard. They were just friends. Weren’t they? She panicked. “I don’t like stuffed animals with messages on them.” She ripped the heart from its paws.

A special education teacher by day, Theresa Milstein writes middle grade, YA, and dabbles in poetry. theresamilstein.blogspot.com