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by
Tahereh Mafi
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August 25, 2023 - September 9, 2025
His hand. On me.
Crazy rn
Maybe if I don’t move, this feeling will last forever.
Bro.
No one has touched me in 264 days.
Same
I don’t usually sleep with my clothes on.”
Ew
Couldn’t I see that I’d ruined everything.
?***
creaks/ groans/cranks
Choose one.
“Your eyes are so deep.” He tilts his head. “So calm. I want to know what you’re thinking.”
Cringe
White with streaks of gold like a crown atop its head.
How much longer do I have to read about stupid birds?!
special curve of the mouth that changes lives.
What the hell even
Oh. God. His eyes.
CALM DOWN BRO
There are 15,000 feelings of disbelief hole-punched in my heart.
Thats a lot of feelings..
pretty girl.
Cringe
“Besides, it’d be a shame to lose such a pretty face.”
Ugh please stop
My eyes are 2 professional pickpockets, stealing everything to store away in my mind.
Why does this have so many highlights...
promises promises promises
STOP REPEATING YOURSELF I'LL CRY
ever ever ever ever
Someone will die because I had to read this four times.
My heart my heart my heart.
I'm so fucking close to giving up rn...
All day every day forever is when I want him to say it to me.
Crazy
You don’t know it yet, Juliette, but you are a very bad girl,”
Let me out
He said he wanted to get a closer look at the freak you’ve become.”
This is so obviously bs
“There’s very little I wouldn’t do for you.”
Like why though
“Why?”
Thats what I'm saying bro
“You don’t?”
No
You’re the only good thing left in this world.”
Well thanks for the info dump
If I touch him, he might die.
So he's a goner
“Because I’m in love with you.”
Slow down cowboy
“You’re my bird,” I tell him. “You’re my bird and you’re going to help me fly away.”
Ew stop
He’s too close. He’s standing too close and he’s looking at me and my lungs are failing to expand.
I'm getting really sick of these two guys being the only things she interacts with
I try to kick him in this worthless dress and he just squeezes me up against the wall,
This is literally SA
It never occurred to me to ask Adam where we might go.
Dummy
Blue blue blue
I thought it was over man
“Laughter comes from living.” I shrug, try to sound indifferent. “I’ve never really been alive before.”
Cos she's edgy yknow
“Warner had to renew my tracker serum every time I got back.
Convenient
I want to ask and don’t want to ask and need to ask and never want to ask. I have to ask.
Okay look I get this is a stylistic choice but literally what purpose are we repeating ourselves for right now????
The possibility of losing him The possibility of losing him The possibility of losing him
ENOUGH OML
I don’t want my arms to be devoid of his warmth. His touch. His lips, God his lips, his mouth on my neck, his body wrapped around mine,
Is that all you care about girl??? Like this man has so little personality that she can only say she'll miss his touch
“It’s always been that way. It’s my fault I took so long to do something about it.”
Bro are you deadass? You didn’t even speak to her!
“Have never done anything to hurt anyone.”
Did we forget that she killed a kid? Not on purpose but this is a bold statement LMAO
His eyes His hands His chest His lips
My neck. My back-
“I love you,” I whisper. “So much more than you will ever know.”
Someone give me a timeline of how long they’ve actually spoken to each other. I’m gonna guess about a week.
“I just—I kept dreaming about this white bird. Birds used to fly, you know.”
I’m using this as a checkpoint because I feel like this doesn’t make any sense to me.
The sky is weeping for us.
Dramatic ahh
“You’ve got a sexy voice. Makes everything sound naughty.”
Bro this guy is nonstop fjdksjks
“Juliette,” he says. He touches my hand so gently it startles me. “Did you notice? It seems I am immune to your gift.” He studies my eyes. “Isn’t that incredible? Did you notice?” he asks again. “When you tried to escape? Did you feel it . . . ?”
Yeah bro I think she noticed
I’d never realized before just how attractive his voice is.
Girl PLEASE get a grip
He shakes his head very slowly. Dips down. His nose brushes the nape of my neck and I stifle a horrified shiver that he misunderstands. His lips touch my skin and I actually whimper. “God I’d love to just take a bite out of you.”
Alright lads how the hell are we supposed to come back from this? Like he’s actually more mentally unstable than her…
“Or,” Adam interrupts, “maybe they bought out Benny.”
Still have yet to meet Benny
“Who are you . . . ?” I’m beginning to panic. I want to grab James and run but I can’t. He’s done something to James and even if I knew how to wake him up, I can’t touch him. I want to rip my nails out. “Who are you—”
Oml she’s losing it
I blink. How do I feel. I don’t know. Did I have any dreams. I don’t think so. Do I know where I am. No. Do I think I’m safe. I don’t know. Do I remember what happened. Yes. How old am I. 17. What color are my eyes. I don’t know.
These all need question marks.
