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If she’d known she was going to be stood up on Valentine’s Day, she’d have got proper milk. Siobhan is only vegan when she’s in a good mood.
As a rule, she prefers plants and cats to humans these days: they’re both species with a much better track record.
You know what I’m going to say. Love yourself first. Don’t wait for him to do it for you.”
but Jane wonders sometimes if that charisma of his is a distraction, like plumage on a bird.
actually listening to you instead of just thinking about what she wants to say next.
It’s one of those feelings, happiness. One of the ones you don’t really notice is gone until it comes back.
Being a human is messy, Jane, Aggie told her the other day. No amount of rules can fix that. Sometimes you just need to let yourself feel something, even if it’s ugly.
“And anyway, girl or guy, people like to feel protected by their partner, don’t they? They want someone who makes them feel safe, like nothing bad will ever happen to them when that person’s around.”
Most people
are shit, what are you going to do about it? And she thinks, I’m going to notice all the ones who are doing their very best not to be.
