Sit down, Dampier

I DO NOT want to be the rebound girl. But how on earth do you know? Chet broke up with his girlfriend in April. He said I'm the first girl he's been out with since. That means I'm the rebound girl, doesn't it? Damn.

I think I am afraid because 1) I'm a worrier and I have to find something wrong and 2) he's so intensely into me. I don't doubt his feelings, but I know it can't last. I don't know what to do. I'd like to cool it down some, but I don't know how. I enjoy all the attention, but in the back of mind I know a flame can't burn this intensely for an extended period of time. Perhaps it will only cool and not die out completely.

The best I can do is just enjoy it for what it is now. I just don't want to look back on it and think I could have done something differently. Of course, that's only an issue if things go badly. It is possible that it won't. I'm just afraid, and for those of you who have been reading for any length of time, you know that's nothing new.