Eli was flirting with me again today. I don't know what it is, if he even knows it, but it happens more and more every day. Maybe it's because he's a young boy, never having found love. Maybe it's because he's alone and scared and looking for comfort in someone. But even so, why me? Why not Chloe? Chloe is a pretty, young girl, about Eli's age. It might be because she is in a relationship with Lt. Scott. I don't know how to react when Eli flirts with me. Maybe if I knew why he did it I would know how. I cannot push him away, but I also cannot give anything back. I try to act as though nothing were happening, but I don't know if it works. It happens when we are alone, most often in the control room. Sometimes it's just a few shy glances or a lingering touch. Other times he leans against me or strokes my hands. I can see the way he reacts when I am close to him, or when I give him a compliment. I catch him staring at me when thinks I'm not looking, and I see the look in his eyes. We were on the Observation Deck today, both leaning against the rail. He slid his hand close to mine, so slowly I hardly noticed it. I kissed him on the forehead before departing to my room, just to see what he would do. I suppose I shouldn't have done it, but for some reason I did. I looked back at him and he was just standing there, eyes closed and serene, grinning slightly with a small blush across his cheeks. This made me wonder if maybe all of my previous reasons were wrong. Maybe he does know, maybe he means to. Maybe he likes me. As much as I hope this is not the case, I fear that it is. I fear that maybe he loves me, and if this is so, he will continue to flirt with me. And if he continues to flirt with me, I don't know how much longer I can resist.