Dear diary,

I have realized that getting Steven to admit his love for me is going to be a lot harder than I realized. He has this really big wall built around himself so people can not get to know the real him. What he doesn't know is that I know the real him and he can trust me. I know he's really a sensitive soul who has to act tough in order to hide the pain and suffering he has endured after being abandoned by his parents and having grown up poor his whole life.

Steven really is lucky to have someone like him love him so much. I think all my love is overwhelming him. Yeah that's it, he's not use to love so I scare him. I need to let him know that he shouldn't fear me but he should return my love so we can be happy forever.

I just know that if he lets me be his safety line I can bring him back to the shore and provide him with a life he never had and love he never received. Diary, I promise I will get him to love me no matter what!

Jackie Burkhart-Hyde