Solitaire

by Alice Oseman

So why does he bully Harry for seven years? He secretly likes him.”

HARRYS AND IMOGEN SWITCHING SIDE

“I think Harry Potter’s a bit shit,

Real

Sometimes I hate people. This is probably very bad for my mental health.

realist thing i have ever heard

So, now that I am in Year 12,

OO TORIS IN YEAR 12 NOW SO IS NICK

thinking or talking too much about “boy issues” makes me want to shoot myself in the face.

I notice that he has one blue eye and one green eye.

WHO I NEED TO KNOW

I bite my lip,

DISNEY TYPE SHI

He freezes, leans back, opens out his arms as if he’s the Second Coming of Christ, and announces in a deep and echoing voice: “My name is Michael Holden.” Michael Holden.

BROTHERS HERE ABOUT TO TEAR THIS BOOK UP

“And who are you, Victoria Spring?” I can’t think of anything to say because that is what my answer would be really. Nothing. I am a vacuum. I am a void. I am nothing.

made its way from Michael Holden’s hand to my own,

AHHHHH