The Love Haters

by Katherine Center

Some of them came from just being a girl in a world that is appallingly mean to girls. Do any of us escape unscathed?

I wasn’t afraid of bathing suits. I was afraid of being seen.

“I’m saying that when I’m not with you, I’m thinking about you. And waiting to see you again. And we’ve spent all day, every day together for weeks now—and it already feels like it’ll never be enough.”