"The last part was supposed to make her feel better – at least, give her more courage. It had the opposite effect."

That almost hurt. Because the thought of never seeing him again, of not feeling those feelings? Hurts more than she thought it would. I'm impressed with this. Honestly, it was a lovely little piece of writing, and I love where it ended. It leaves her actual confession up to the imagination of the reader. Sometimes that method doesn't work, but it does here. I almost want to imagine that she couldn't come out and say it. (I know, I'm horrible.)

Wonderful work on this. And yeah, late comment is late. ^_^;