At a loss for words, Ele stared dumbly at Tyler in a state of shock. It had never even crossed Ele's mind to race, even though she had joked about racing Tyler, but that was completely different. What Tyler was suggesting was scary, crazy, and slightly tempting all at the same time.

"Uhh...."

Ele blinked quickly and tried to gather her thoughts into a coherent sentence,

"Tyler... I'm leaving in a week and a half and there is no guarantee that I'll come back here. Life has been amazing here, and you're amazing, but it's not real life for me."

Shaking her head and putting a hand to her forehead, Ele took a step back from Tyler, trying to put distance between the two of them,

"I'm really confused."