He stared at the floor, his gut clenching into a nervous ball as he gritted his teeth. He wasn't sure if he could tell her the truth, or lie to her either. The situation was all together strange and left him nervous and uncertain.

"I love her," he said after a moment, closing his eyes. "But I don't love her like that. I try, I keep trying...I thought....I thought that if I wanted it to work, it would fix everything, but it doesn't."