Dear Elliot — Emily Meidenbauer

Brooke was a college freshman when she met Elliot. They passed on the stairwell on move-in day, they'd have brief encounters in passing, but it took him four months to muster up the courage to talk to her. He tapped her on the shoulder in the dining hall and stumbled over his words, but she said yes to a first date anyways. He loved her. Her roommate didn't approve. But Kate did, and that was all that really mattered until Kate left. Nothing mattered after Kate left. Everything changed after Kate left. That was when the scars started. That was when Elliot told Brooke it was over. She loved Elliot, too. It never changed, really.