Another Ending?

"She said she just doesn't want me getting hurt."

Reasonable request, but how realistic does that seem? There are more ways to getting hurt than just me breaking his heart. Ways like an end to our only means of seeing one another...I know if it happens the way it seems to be, then I'll be hurt as well...hurt, but with hope that there's a light at the end of the tunnel...but does it justify his future sadness as well? There was once a time when I thought so...a different lifetime when it felt like everything was worth it in the end. There was once a time when I believed that there were suitable sacrifices to be made and tears that were worth shedding over a future that didn't end up happening...Could this be the case again? Is there really anything worth just one moment of hurt? I wish I could say yes, but past events have forced me to answer with a negative. There's nothing that's worth seeing him in pain. But my control only goes so far, and there are things beyond it that determines which path our lives will take. All the options that I see before me, all the paths that seem to be unfolding...none of them seem too optimistic except the one with the least chance of happening.

All I can do is wait and hope.