Running

-Ivy

She loved him. She did. But she just wasn't sure if she could handle being with him anymore. Because, in reality, she wasn't with him. She was… a temporary playmate. "No strings attached".

God, what a stupid rule.

She loved every minute she spent with him. She loved his eyes, his smile, his smirk, the way he laughed, and the way he called her "Ace".

And maybe that was the problem…she loved him too much. And she knew that if she kept running along that path with him that she would end up broken…an empty shell, unable to go back to life the way it was before him. Maybe she wouldn't be able to anyway; but at least this way, she'd maintain some semblance of dignity. If she had any left.

"Logan, I can't do this anymore."

"Ace-"

"Logan, no. I don't want to hear it…I can't bear to hear it. Whether you're going to agree with me or not…I just can't…bear to hear it. Please. I can't do this anymore. My heart is in this. Yours isn't."

So she ran. She turned away from his door with tears in her eyes and a heaviness on her heart.

She loved him, so she ran.

Because, after all, isn't running what Gilmores were best at?