My Torin

by K. Webster

Torin: Pretty is one word and she is many. Beautiful. Alluring. Appealing. Charming. Cute. Dazzling. Delicate. Delightful. Elegant. Exquisite. Fascinating. Fine. Gorgeous. Graceful. Lovely. Magnificent. Marvelous. Pleasing. Splendid. Stunning. Wonderful. Superb. Angelic. Bewitching. Classy. Divine. Excellent. Enticing. Foxy. Fair. Pulchritudinous. Radiant. Ravishing. Resplendent. Shapely. Beautiful. I laugh and Casey shoots me a shy smile before turning back to the movie. Me: You said beautiful twice. Torin: It needed to be said twice.

When I turn eighteen, does it make all this magically real? Will we stop pretending and be a real family? I try not to hope. Hope is a sketchy bitch.