“I didn’t think I deserved you. Fuck, I still don’t. But maybe it isn’t about that.” My words didn’t make a whole lot of sense out of context, but Sophie and I had always been on the same page. “It isn’t about that,” she agreed, laying a hand on my back and rubbing. “Maybe you also didn’t deserve a pack of shitty friends who told you it was a good idea to snort your first pill.”

