To Sir, with Love

by Lauren Layne

“If you care about me at all, you wouldn’t ask me to deny my true nature.”

my best subject in school was daydreaming,

(hey, if you don’t dream big, why bother!).

while serendipity may be real, it’s not always pleasant…

“I thought I’d outgrown my tendency to blurt out everything I’m thinking, though thoughts are really a bit of a revolving door, don’t you think?”

It’s not a perfect photo, but it is a perfect moment.

“Neither of those are good stories, May.” “Sure they are. Just not happy ones.

Something warm and wonderful happens to his face that takes my breath away.

aggressive fairy godmother,”

I’d rather be a good person than a great businesswoman.

“I confess I’ve been committing the ultimate crime by keeping something so dear on a shelf rather than enjoying

“Why in God’s name would you want to piece together your future?” May asks, sounding aghast. “Half the fun’s in not knowing.”

“I think the best parts of my life so far have been in my daydreams.”