Again Again

by E. Lockhart

She stepped up and he took both sides of her face in his hands and kissed her like it mattered to him, holding her face like it was a precious thing,

But you can be talky and paint your fingernails and still be very sad. In fact, you can be talky and paint your fingernails to protect other people from how sad you are.

“I hope you’re not making this into a giant thing because of doing it,” said Stacey. “The whole idea of virginity is just a sham tool of the patriarchy anyway.”

Then he kissed her, and it was like he was kissing her brain.

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