The Two of Us

by Taylor Torres

I’m a landing pad for men who do the bare minimum.

Oh hell no

“Be there in a few.” Just like that. No questions, no admonishments. No reminders about how every time I go out in search of something that doesn’t serve me, I come home feeling even more empty.

We all need a best friend like Tally

I don’t deserve my best friend.

Tally thinks I’m most committed to my phone, but she’s wrong. I’m way more committed to my bed.

Same sis, same.

And when I’m met with the back of my eyelids, I’m grateful the darkness doesn’t turn into the memories I desperately try to keep at bay.

I feel this, so much.

memories have a tendency of painting over the truth.

“You’re just going to leave again?”

Ouch.

Being touched by someone can feel meaningless until you’re touched by the right person.

“Take care of yourself, Mara.”

I don't even know their love story yet and this sentence already kills me

And if this sad excuse for a tree house isn’t enough proof of how deeply he loves me, the quarter-sized blisters on his hands sure are.

Socializing is fun in theory, but most of the time it just feels exhausting. Sometimes it even gives me a headache.

I think some of the best friendships are ones like this, where you can sit in complete silence and never once feel lonely.

“You aren’t alone. You have your dad and Cat. You have me. I’ll never leave you.”

But shes alone now ugh

And if there’s one thing I know, it’s that fear can bind you. Keep you away from the things that could very well fill your soul. The things that could heal you. We’re well acquainted, fear and I.

“Be kind. Be funny. Be interesting. That is where you will find your power.”

“You’ve lost enough.”

thanks for tugging at my heart ambrose

“This tree house used to be our entire world,” I whisper.

“It served its purpose. Made us happy all those years.” I can tell his head turns on his side to face me, but my eyes stay glued to the ceiling. “But we were never meant to stay this small.”

“Some things are easier to say in the dark.”

“People grow apart. It’s just life.” She shakes her head. “No. See, I don’t accept that. Because I love Maitland, but us three? We’re soul mates.”

realize that sometimes you have to love people more than you want to change them.

“It’s okay to be afraid. Just don’t let it keep you from moving forward with your life.

But that’s the thing about truth. Sometimes we mistake our emotions for the truth. Sometimes our truth isn’t the truth at all.