“Are you going to give me any hints?” I wonder. “Vada Lauren Abbey,” he tells me the name. “Vada for—” “My Girl,” I finish. The lead character of that 90s film is named Vada. Garrison reblogs a lot of My Girl gifs and makes them for Willow, but both Lo and I first saw that movie when we were about eight or nine. It fits them better than all of my suggestions, even Hermione. “And Lauren, as in—” “Me,” he finishes this time. My eyes well. “Lo.” “Yeah, I know.” He nods. “It’s a horrible middle name.” His sarcasm is so apparent, especially as his smile grows, overwhelmed by being a namesake. I
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