Is She Really Going Out with Him?

by Sophie Cousens

Who is the actor in Outlander? How old is Sam Heughan? Sam Heughan, wife

Same.

My phone pings with a text message.

The start of something wonderful.

I guess some things in life you don’t get to choose; you can’t choose the plot, but you can choose the soundtrack.

As “Everywhere” comes on, I turn up the volume and shimmy around the living room, lip-synching to the words, not caring who might be looking in. Soon my blood is pumping, my skin is sweating, and my soul starts to sing.

His face falls, and his eyes well with tears.

Please don't make Will cry.

Even if I’m too late, even if he doesn’t call, I still needed to say it. Because true love does not cower in the shadows; it roars, loud and proud, until it has given its all.

“No. It’s only the end when you’re dead, darling,” she says, and then she pulls up her sleeve to show me the ampersand tattoo she got to match mine.

I love Loretta. Can she be my bff, too?