Alex Light

It’s not our fault for not giving them a reason to stay. It’s their fault for not finding one.

And with all the downsides of love, you managed to show me the upside,”

Read to me.”

“Why?”

“Because you go somewhere else when you read. I want to go there with you.”

remembering wasn’t always a good thing

Love was destructive, dangerous. It was safer on pages, and these books were enough of an experience for me.

Books are one thing. But real feelings are different. It’s not the same.”

What was wrong with not having someone’s hand to hold and whatever else couples do? Why couldn’t a seventeen-year-old just be on her own and everyone be okay with that? Without expecting her to fall in love at any given moment?

“Is this, like, some act for drama class?” Jenny continued.

“It’s not an act,”

Hey, it’s your boyfriend, I typed. Need a ride to school tomorrow? For fake-dating purposes

Brett? she wrote back.

How many fake boyfriends do you have? I typed back, laughing.

Very funny.