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Kenna

My fingers flew across the laptop keys My bottom lip was tucked between my teeth in astute concentration, my attention laser-focused as I pounded out the best answer I could find to the question that had been left soht

I had to get it right

I never wanted to mislead people or act like I had the perfect solution

I just wanted to be honest

Open and honest

And sometimes that was really hard

But that’s what this was all about—cuttingit out

Giving people encourage they’d realize they weren’t alone See that we could all have a little fun with it along the way

My heart raced a little harder than norot lost in the little fantasy world I’d created

As if I were caught somewhere between a dream and reality

That was hope, though, wasn’t it? It didn’t always hinge on fact It all lived in the realm of possibility

My phone buzzed where it sat on the floor next to rinned when I saas my best friend and roommate

Vanessa: Why aren’t you here? Vegas is lonely without you!

With a small smile, I shook my head She was crazy

Me: I proas and I are not friends

Vanessa: That’s because you haven’t given her a chance She’s really sweet once you get to know her

I could alned pout from across the country

A full grin took to my mouth as I quickly replied

Me: You also said that about the five-inch heels you tried to get me to wear out last weekend We all kno that turned out

It had ended with a faceplant and a bloody nose and a proain

So yeah I was a clutz As aard as they came, and even nerdier than that Luckily, Vanessa still loved me for it

Vanessa: You sell yourself short And we miss you A lot It’s no fun without you here

She and our other two best friends had gone on a girls’ trip Vanessa had tried to convince h to knoould have tried to sneak away to the hotel roo off to clubs, anyway That I feltaround all night under the neon lights