Loveless

by Alice Oseman

I came back to the words until they felt real in my mind, at least. Maybe they wouldn’t be real in most people’s minds. But I could make them real in mine. I could do whatever the fuck I wanted.

If you tried, and I mean really tried, you could actually be proud of all the things I’ve done in my life and all the things I’m going to do.” There was a long, horrible silence.

“I am an adult,” said Ellis. There was a contained fury in her voice that reinforced the statement. “And if you’re not going to respect me, then I am not going to be around you.”

FUCKING TELL THEM ELLIS HELL YEAH

“Like the way friendship can be just as intense, beautiful, and endless as romance. Like the way there’s love everywhere around me—there’s love for my friends, there’s love in my paintings, there’s love for myself.

“I was hopeless about being like this for a long time,” she said, and then shook her head. “But I’m not anymore. Finally. Finally, I’m not hopeless anymore.”

my dog licked my tears at this part too, no shame

Maybe I would never be able to replace Beth, and maybe Rooney would take a long time to dig her way out of these feelings, and maybe there was nothing I could do to help at all. But I hoped she felt safe with me.

I FEEL SAFE WITH YOU GEORGIA AND YOU'RE A LITERAL FICTIONAL CHARACTER