Jeremy looks over the top of his phone at me, raising his chin at me like he wants me to come over, but I’m not part of that group. He’s friends with them, and has obviously known them a long time. I don’t fit. “I think he wants you to meet his mom,” Lily whispers, leaning into me. I shake my head and lean against the wall, watching them talk to Jeremy’s family. For the first time, I wish I had friends like that. People who knew me and were more like family than anything else. People I had grown up with, lived close to, went to birthday parties and had sleepovers with. That life isn’t meant
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