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It’s really messing things up for all of the other Seer-shas in the country. I don’t know why the poor girl won’t pronounce her own name the way I want.
I used to love her penchant for bursting into song, but when you fall out with someone, you can grow to hate the same things you once loved.
Run now, Beth! You better hope you don’t get a cold or anything. Dad will be off riding the next girl because he had to heat up chicken soup for a week and it was so hard on him.
That was one of the hardest things about breaking up. It’s not a pair of bookends, the beginning and the end. It’s the unraveling of the future.
As soon as I sat and no one was looking, Oliver made the universal hand gesture for hetero sex and pointed to the spot I was sitting in. I shuddered involuntarily.
“I know some guys who’d pay good money to see this.” Oliver leaned in the doorway, a smug grin across his face, as always. “But it’s not really my thing, so close the door next time.” I was going to murder him. “Oliver!” Ruby squealed. She buried her face in her hands. “Go away, creeper.” I started toward him and he jumped.
“Can you give me five?” “Even I last longer than five minutes, Saoirse. There are pills for that.” I scanned the room for anything in grabbing distance, but he ducked out too fast, and the pen pot hit the door instead of his head. “You two are funny,” Ruby said. “He’s like the annoying brother I never wanted and will have to poison with cyanide someday.”
Was this what being straight was like? A boy in your bedroom making a mess? Not for the first time, I thanked God I was a lesbian.
It’s a pet peeve of mine that straight women call their friends “girlfriends.” They are not your girlfriends. If you are not getting up close and personal with the lady garden then there are words for that: friends, mates, buddies, pals, etc., etc. Leave us our word, OK?
“How about life’s too short to be second-guessing yourself the whole way? You can only go with what you feel right now and if you feel like it might make you happy, even for a while, jump in with both feet, girl, and get wet.”
Oh no. Please don’t tell the girl I like that I secretly enjoy the films she loves. That would be a disaster. 00GOBSHITE You tricked me. I’m just a pawn in your mind games aren’t I? SAOIRSE You’d have to have a brain for me to play mind games with you. 00GOBSHITE Critical Hit. Ego -2000 pts
“You’re not the guy,” Ruby pointed out. “That’s the whole point. Neither of us is the guy. In the lesbian rom-com, we would discuss all of our feelings until our throats dry up and our bodies shrivel.”
I don’t believe there’s one right person for everyone, and I spent fifty-one years with the same woman. But I do believe there’s a right person for you at different times in your life. Whether that relationship lasts a week or fifty years is not what makes it special.”
“See, the thing about the falling in love montage,” she said, her voice hoarse, “is that when it’s over, the characters have fallen in love.”
“Dude, I don’t think you know what butch means. Check out the hair. I’m a tomboy femme. I did a quiz.” “Did the quiz makers see those boots?” “No.” “I demand a recount.”
