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We carry our tokens in paper cups, and as soon as we’re inside the arcade, Janette and Landon walk off to do their own thing Together I make eyes at Silas and et some pizza Let the kids play"

He winks at me, and I try not to smile

We find a table to wait for our pizza, and I slide into a booth, wrapping my arms aroundto us? This endless loop of forgetting What e do?"

"I don’t know," he says "Find each other over and over It’s not that bad, right?"

I glance over at hi

It isn’t that bad But the situation is "Who wants to spend their life not knoho they are?"

"I could spend every day getting to know you all over again, Charlie, and I don’t think I’d get sick of it"

Heat clio-to with Silas: don’t look at him, don’t look at him, don’t look at him

"You’re dumb," I say But he’s not dumb He’s a romantic and his words are powerful Charlie isn’t, I can tell But she wants to be--I can tell that too She desperately wants Silas to show her it’s not all a lie There’s a pull inside of her every ti, and I want to brush it away every ti the powder onto the table Being a teenager is exhausting Silas silently watches rabs ure it out," he assures ht track"

I dust h I knoe aren’t on any track We’re just as lost as hen oke up in the hotel today

I’m also a liar A narcissist, a justifier, a liar

Janette and Landon find us just as the pizza arrives They slide into our booth, rosy cheeked and laughing In the entire day I’ve known Janette, I’ve never even seen her coht now For screwing up a teenage girl Two teenage girls if I count myself Well…three, now that I know about Cora

I watch Janette bite into her pizza It doesn’t have to be this way If I could just co…I could take care of her Be better For both of us

"Charlie," she says, setting down her slice "Will you come play with me?"