Deep Cuts

by Holly Brickley

“Because having fun is new to me. You guys couldn’t understand, you’ve been having fun your whole lives.”

They didn’t know they were the best friends I’d ever had. How can you tell that to people you’ve known only a few months without sounding pathetic?

It was getting dark—Zoe must have forgotten how early that happened now—and cold in that California way that wouldn’t have been cold if you had proper clothing, but was, because you never did.

Real

My body was petrified. It had made too many mistakes; it couldn’t be trusted.