Then she holds up her copy of Twilight. “I wasn’t kidding when I said I brought a friend. For as long as I can remember, I’ve never stayed anywhere long enough to connect with people. I had twenty-six foster placements in total and half as many schools. It was hard to make friends, so I read a lot. Stories became my escape. I figured I didn’t need actual friends when I could be best friends with a hobbit. It didn’t matter where I lived when I could curl up in my bed in Hogwarts or visit Victorian England. Books have always been my only constant.” Oh fuck me, my heart just cracked in two. I
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