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But mostly? I just want to be able to look in the mirror and be happy with what I see staring back at me. I want to know what it’s like to feel like I’m enough.
Because every fat person will tell you…no one judges us harder than we judge ourselves.
“I’ve only met one person who doesn’t pretend to be someone they’re not.” “Who?” Butterflies swarm in my belly when his lips twitch and those intense green eyes zero in on me. “My favorite Bible Thumper.” I’m torn between wanting to smack him and wanting to smile because I’m his favorite anything. “Asshole.”
“How come lies are so beautiful and the truth is always so fucking ugly?”
“What do you want, Colton?” The pure agony that slashes across his face wraps around my heart and squeezes. “Something I can never have…because I’ll destroy it.”
“You ended with a positive. You can tell a lot about how someone feels about a person by the way they end a statement, especially when they’re feeling conflicted about them.”
800-you better stop hitting on my girlfriend before I kick your goddamn teeth in,” Cole roars, popping his head over the divider. Dylan’s eyebrows shoot up to the ceiling and I’m pretty sure my mouth drops to the floor. Poor Ivan looks so bewildered. “This preppy richie-rich dude is your boyfriend?” “No—” “Yes,” Cole growls. “Preppy richie-rich dude is.”
“You think love is perfect? Like one of those fairytales?” He shakes his head. “Hell no. Love is hard…difficult. It’s dealing with someone’s shit day in and day out but never giving up on them because your heart won’t let you. It’s having a million reasons to leave them…but always having one good reason to stay.”
