If It Makes You Happy

by Julie Olivia

If I gotta worry about Emily with boys, then I’ll need to worry about Brittany with dogs.

I love my girls so much it hurts. The idea of leaving them would never cross my mind.

The world tilts. It suddenly feels like I’m falling through the ground, straight to the center of the earth. God, she’s breathtaking.

I scoff. “We are not going to slow dance to Pearl Jam.” “Oh, yes, we are.”

I don’t want to go on more dates. I want Michelle. Not as a friend. Not as a fling. I want her.

Cliff slowly shakes his head. “I’m always on your team.”