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I just kept staring, not sure what to say "Uhit’s, uirly, like a heart, or rose, or butterfly, did you?"

"No" I blinked at the tattoo "It’sactually a word"

"Well, what does it say?"

"Nothing," I was quick to answer Too quick

"Nothing?" she repeated "As in, it literally says the word nothing? N-O-T-H-I-N-G?"

"Yep It says nothing"

"Why would you get a tattoo that said nothing?"

"Probably because I was stupid drunk I don’t know Why do we ever do anything? Why is the world round and rotates in a circle? Why does the sun coht?"

"Okay, now you sound weird" Caroline pulled open the shower door and opened her mouth, only to stop cold when I turned to her and she saw my tattoo for herself Her eyes widened "That’s my name"

"Yeah" I said slowly I had her name eed on Pick for tattooing his woman’s name onto his skin I told hi her soed away by flying monkeys--and then he’d just be stuck with a bittersweet re the son of a bitch He’d never let ht Caroline studying it quietly

"What?" I asked