BOYFRIEND BEFORE 18: Beyond wishes, True love exist
It seemed safe, like a rubric I could follow.
Lunch came, and I sat with Liv and two other girls from Chemistry. They talked about their boyfriends, they talked about Homecoming dresses, and they talked about who asked who. I ate my sandwich and said nothing, because I had nothing to add. No story, no photo, no plan that had actually started. Just a whiteboard, and a marker, and a deadline I gave myself.
“You are quiet,” Liv said, pushing a fry toward me.
“I am listening,” I said, taking it.