After Dark Tropes

    "Lissa, I have feelings for you. Always have. I didn't approach you before because deep down I didn't think I deserved you. But now I want so much more for myself. One thing I know for sure is I want you. I want to be your man. I want to take care of you, make you feel special every day."   Lissa dreamed that her phone was ringing and she was running to answer, but the faster she ran, the further the ringing phone seemed to be from her. She was running through a dark place, she tripped and fell ... and was falling ... falling ...