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The night Teddy Phillips got dumped, she had expected to get engaged.
Someone had to make the shadows cozy; even shadows could use a diffuser or a comfy knit blanket.
Richard had once told her that bright colors made her skin look sallow, so now she mostly wore neutrals,
fuck this guy seriously
“It’s not like it’s some secret that you don’t know what you want, Teddy. That’s kind of the difference between you and me, isn’t it? I’ve always wanted to do something big, be a doctor, help people. And you . . . well, you’ve always had a smaller life. I guess we should’ve known it wouldn’t work forever.”
burn the whole guy with fire
“You know how many times I’ve started my life completely over? This is the fun part, sweetie. This is the part where you get to decide what’s next, so it’s up to you: what are you going to do now?”
“David the Gnome,” Everett said without hesitation, and Gretel pulled out a notebook and scribbled something down. “Is that really going in your graphic novel?” Everett asked. “An old cartoon we used to watch?” “Perhaps,” Gretel said with a sigh.
this show doesn't get nearly enough call outs it deserves
Richard says: Sitting here eating a protein bar. I miss your dinners. Crying emoji. Teddy stopped breathing. Typically she thought it was charming that the car described emojis,
kill me
but now she was too annoyed to be amused. Crying emoji? Her entire life had been a crying emoji since their breakup, and now Richard was using one in a text?
because he is a waste of space
She put her blinker on and headed toward the store.
NO. GOD NO.
“I come bearing dinner,” she said, and he smiled.
NO YOU DIDN'T
I didn’t leave, Teddy stopped herself from saying. You kicked me out.
you have 0 self respect love
Richard hadn’t invited her over to have dinner with him—he hadn’t invited her over at all. No, he’d expressed a need—I’m hungry—and she’d decided she had to be the one to fill it. Just like always.
NO HE DIDN'T INVITE YOU. Sad boy was just being sad stupid boy
“This was a huge mistake.”
it took you this long?
Don’t forget to grab one of the pumpkin muffins I made, but just because I thought we could all use muffins and not because I’m trying to prove my worth!”
I'm really kinda over her. how does she have any friends
Sometimes it helps to think back to what made us happy when we were young, before we met people who told us our dreams were silly or unrealistic. What lit up your heart when you were a kid? Maybe that’s your thing.
Well, she’d been mentally composing an email to Everett St. James, which wasn’t something she could explain to Josie right now. Not without a lot of backstory, anyway. Josie patted her on the shoulder. “Scares the customers, you know. The muttering.” Teddy smiled. “Right.”
She isn't even good at her job
“All I’m saying is that Richard didn’t treat you right, but I never said anything because what’s the point? People have to make their own decisions, even if their slightly older but much wiser boss tells them the truth.
TRUTH
I spent a lot of time sitting in the maple tree in our backyard while reading and rereading library copies of the entire Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
I mean, I thought you spent a lot of your childhood riding bikes and acting wild, but okay
It took Teddy hours to compose her email to Everett, but only one and a half minutes to regret it.
hours? for one e-mail?
Eleanor laughed. “What is up with you today? I mean, generally you have the vibe of a woodland creature, but right now your vibe is like ‘woodland creature who’s being hunted.’”
what is up with all these comparing the MC to a woodland creature?!
Teddy had bristled. She loved the way Eleanor dressed, all bright colors and printed tights. She wished she had the courage to dress like that, instead of in the basic dark skinny jeans and sweaters she usually wore. And she loved Kirsten’s art.
