The Truth About Forever

by Sarah Dessen

“You’re supposed to be hormonal and crazy and emotional and wild. This is the best time of your life! You should be living it!”

I felt something catch in my throat, a sudden surge of sadness that caught me unaware, almost taking my breath away. That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it’s reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you and it just hits you all over again, that shocking.