Odd how it was so easy for a stranger to assume such familiarity. Especially when those who were supposed to know you best often didn't, not at all.

“He glanced over at me. 'Scared? Of Reggie? What, she thinks he might force her …”

“Right now, though, I wanted not to think forward or backward, but only to lose …”

“If you could just be nice, then you wouldn't have to worry about arguments at a…”

“At times, I found myself questioning his very existence, even though I knew I h…”