Audre & Bash Are Just Friends

by Tia Williams

decenter boys. You’re the star of your life. You’re the prize.”

Ellison: pls answer. we deleted the video. pls don’t tell anyone what happened. no one saw the vid. ok?

immediately terrified omg..

But little by little, we’ve grown apart. It’s been a slow, painful untangling, but it’s final. I’ve been replaced. And now Mom, Shane, and Baby Alice live in their own happy little world.

oh.. should i kms..

We’re pregnant. Can you believe it?

I’d jump

Jennifer had invented the term. It had yet to catch on in social justice circles, but not for her lack of trying.

Lord...

Can you imagine being abandoned by your mom?” “Sounds traumatic,” he said neutrally. Clio motioned shooting herself in the temple.

LMAO

In quiet moments, though, she had to ask herself—was she so hungry for male attention that she’d force a crush on a guy who texted her weight lifting selfies every morning?

Finally, I curled up in a ball and I remember begging him to get help. And he laughed at me.”

Well thank god she was clothed

they were laughing, too. And one was recording me on his phone.” Abruptly, Reshma untangled her legs from the fire escape bars and hopped up. “Reshma! Where are you going?” “To fucking chop his dick off,”

REAL

Remember Lady and the Tramp? When Jim Dear and Darling got pregnant, they forgot Lady existed. But by the end, they were one big happy family.” “That’s a terrible example,” answered Audre. “Lady ran off with Tramp, a naughty dog who, thanks to his antics, got her thrown in the pound.”

When Bash saw Audre sitting by herself in the park, it was like all the cells in his body started buzzing.