Such a Fun Age

by Kiley Reid

Emira didn’t love doing anything, but she didn’t terribly mind doing anything either.

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In the same funny muscle memory that makes you take out your metro card to open your front door, or call your third-grade teacher Mom, Alix found herself ready to slap Kelley’s wrists away from her sitter.

You think it’s comfortable because it’s always been that way for you.”

Emira was reminded of the insanity of being a child: seeing all the things you learned about in books as actual breathing creatures, swimming right in front of your face.

Alex was alone, and the one thing she still had was the freedom to follow the narrative that suited her best.

I never liked this weirdo bitch