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But I don’t exactly get to be moody or snappy when I don’t feel like putting on a happy face, because when most people meet me, I’m already starting out with a deficit. Fat girls don’t get that luxury.
Callie slinks back a little, like something about what I’ve said or my voice or something has just reminded her who she’s talking to: Millie, the fat girl. And not the cute fat girl. Not like Willowdean. I can practically hear Patrick Thomas oinking in the distance.
I’m so used to falling asleep scrolling through my feed or watching videos that this silence is something I’m still not used to.
annoyed
Callie is a bitch with no empathy
same.
No where near the same
anytime I don’t it’s because of me and not him.
because for once it’s nice to not be the only person in the room who is aware of the space my body takes up.
Love is in the details.
Sometimes we have to break the rules to get what we want. But now I think it’s time we change them.
“Find the things you love and do them every day, even if it means failing. That’s all there is to it.”
“If you only love what comes easy for you, you’ll find you don’t have much to love. Work for it, girl.”
together. Or maybe I was always a wreck.
I can have it all. I decide in that moment. Everything I want can be had.
But I kind of wonder what it feels like to love something so much that you’re even happy to fail at it.”
It’s like one of my mom’s crocheted pillows says: GLASS HALF FULL, GLASS HALF EMPTY. BE THANKFUL YOU’VE GOT A GLASS AT ALL.
But instead I feel like I’ve lost the layer of skin that protects me and keeps me safe from the rest of the world.
He smells like boy deodorant and sour-cream chips. And somehow, I’m really into it. Boys are straight-up sorcery.
I keep waiting for this one big moment when she won’t be disappointed in me anymore, but maybe that’s not how you gain back someone’s trust in real life. Maybe it’s a slow, frustrating thing that takes lots of King Ranch casseroles, so I guess this is a start.
but what I can say is that you should be able to be any of those things regardless of your height or your feet.” I motion down the length of my body. “Or your weight.”
Someone closed the door for you, but you have the chance to open it for me.”
