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[SPOILER] “I’ve never just… told anyone that.
Not even Natalie. She found out through an accidental discovery.
It feels like such a betrayal, to share this secret with someone else. To open up so easily to Molly instead of her.
I can’t help but feel a swell of guilt at that.” You have to feel comfortable with someone to share your secrets like that with them

[SPOILER] “Molly reaches for my hand, her fingers barely grazing mine, but I abruptly pull away, making a show of checking my phone.
“I totally forgot to do some homework… for… class tomorrow morning” NOOOO
Molly, please don’t let her leave like that

[SPOILER] “I plaster a smirk onto my face, but it doesn’t hold up for more than a few seconds. It’s too heavy. Too fake. …
I hate this feeling. I hate feeling weak. I hate feeling vulnerable. …
It’s why I hide things and keep secrets …
I don’t want to be an open book. I can’t be. Because I’m rotten just beneath the surface, and deep down I’m scared she knows that.” NO YOU’RE NOT BABY

[SPOILER] “No worries. I’ve had my fair share of mom-induced embarrassment.” I laugh … “My mom has gotten thrown of quite a few Applebee’s for blacking out on their Dollars Dollar Strawberry Margaritas.”
I stop chuckling when I see Molly isn’t laughing. Her face is serious, her eyes studying mine.
It takes me a second to realize what I just said. What I just told her.” It’s a good thing though

[SPOILER] “[Alex’s look] makes me think maybe I’ve been all wrong about her from the beginning.
And I’m a bit ashamed to realize how little I’ve actually thought about Alex’s life outside of just being my love guru.
Maybe she’s not the girl that gets everything so easily.
Maybe she’s so good at helping me show myself to the world because she’s put up a front of her own.” FINALLY

[SPOILER] “Here,” my mom says from behind us. She’s holding out two H&M bags—one to me and also one to Alex, who cocks her head at her in reply. “Here. Take it,” my mom encourages, and Alex complies. She looks extremely confused until she reaches in and pulls out the shirts that she left on the hook.” THANK YOU, MOLLY’S MOM

[SPOILER] “Oh shit, Molly.” Her hand reaches out, landing on the purple bruise …
Her voice trails off as I look down at her push-up bra … Down farther, my eyes trace the soft outline of her abs …
I force my eyes back up to hers, but she’s not looking at my face.
She’s looking down at me, too. My skin flushes as her eyes scan over my stomach, across my white bra, and then up to my face.” 👀👀👀

[SPOILER] “Alex?” … I jump to my feet at the sound of her voice, but… it doesn’t sound as excited as I was hoping for. …
“Hey, babe! How’s it going?”
“Why are you calling me now?” …
“You told me to call you.”
Yesterday? At frozen yogurt? There was a heart emoji and everything.
“Yeah,” she says. “But I didn’t mean now. I have a gig tonight. I have to get ready.” Nice.
I don’t like her.

[SPOILER] “[I] press my thumb down on Cora’s message, and slide it over the heart. But it doesn’t feel right. It doesn’t feel like me. …
After a few seconds I type something up I’m actually happy with. I read it seven or eight times just to make sure, but it’s so much easier than I thought it would be. There’s no pause, no time limit. …
I think I can do that. Sounds like an ideal Saturday.
Send.” HELL YEAH

[SPOILER] “Besides, even if I could tell Natalie about it, she’d probably think it was kind of lame. She was always saying that about my job at Tilted Rabbit, telling me she wished I didn’t work behind the counter … I used to wonder sometimes if maybe she was embarrassed that I cleaned up glasses and poured drinks instead of banging out a sick bass line, but I shake it off now, just like I always have.” 🤨