********

She pressed the buttons, a cold sweat running through her.

Password: ******

Access denied.

Password: ************

Access denied.

Password: ********

Access denied.

She was out of ideas. All she knew was that she had to get in.

Password: ******
Password: ***********
Password: ********

Denied, denied, denied.

"Ah!" she cried, smashing her hands against the keyboard. Calm down, she thought, putting her head down on her desk. Calm the hell down.

She closed her eyes, and the day came back to her.

The image of him walking away with another girl.
The thought of her future being stolen.
The empty ache as she let them hurt her.

She had changed her mind so many times, let them all touch her and break her and burn her, allowed them to allow her to be all alone.

It was cold, but there was no furnace in the fortress she had made for herself. She had done such a good job locking herself up, that she had forgotten which key to use.

Password: th*s *s *v*r
Password: my m*st*k*
Password: *'m s*rry

There was nothing she could do...