Page 17 (1/2)

Me

I need to change

What do I want?

I don’t know

I’ve spenttold what to do by my parents, my mother, my coaches and teachers—I finally feel like I’m at the point where it’s time for me to decide what I want And it’s only taken me twenty-one years to realize it

“I think it’s wonderful that you want to take some time for yourself, Lilly It’s ti some of these chocolate-dipped strawberries” She pushes the little plate towardmy teeth into it with a scrumptious moan

“Darn this is good—where did you get these?”

“I et sorocery store and voila”

I steal another one “How come you never cooked or put out food like this e lived together? Maybe Kaylee wouldn’t have asked you to leave Ha”

“Oh, you’re a comedian now? Lilly has jokes?” Eliza rolls her eyes and pulls the plate away from me “No more for you”

“Oh co! Besides, you know Kaylee would have asked you to leave no matter what—she’s such a brat and you didn’t deserve the way she treated you Like I said, I had no idea she was behaving that way or that she’d asked you toJack, and if I had…I would have done so I wouldn’t have let her treat you like shit”

“I know she’s a brat,” she says “I also know she was just jealous That’s huray sweatshirt “What are you going to do about it, right?”

“Um, call her out on her bullshit—that’s what you can do about it” I pause to chew so I’ with my mouth full S “She’s not completely horrible these days, but she’s not cos just aren’t the same The house isn’t the same since you moved out I miss you”

“You alere hs

“Duh, obviously”

“Also, Kyle can suck your dick You ay too good for hiht?”

Iback on the football teauy on ca to differ with her assessment, but those people also don’t know the real Kyle