I wondered what kind of girl she'd be, and if she'd ever see the comet that was her name, and Grandma Halley's, and mine. I knew I'd try, one day, to take her and show her the sky, hold her against my lap as I told her how the comet went overhead, how it was clear and beautiful, and special, just like her. I hoped that Grace would be a little bit of the best of all of us; Scarlett's spirit, and my mother's strength, Marion's determination, and Michael's sly humor. I wasn't sure what I could give, not just yet. But I knew when I told her about the comet, years from now, I would know. And I would lean close to her ear, saying the words no one else could hear, explaining it all. The language of solace, and comets, and the girls we all become, in the end.

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In the end, though, maybe it's not how you reach a place that matters. Just that you get there at all.

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Hey, think fast!'
I just looked at Fave as he chucked the basketball at me with possibly the worst overhand throw I'd ever seen. It landed to my far right, then bounced past me, banging against my dad's truck.

'Do you have a vision problem of something?' I asked him.
'Just keeping you on your toes,' he replied

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Stop it. Seriously. This isn't funny.'

'You're right.' A pause. 'It's pathetic.

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You didn't have to take a punch for me, you know,' he said. 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.'

'You're a freak is what you are,' I said.

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I would have thought this would make me feel better, for once getting to be the one to leave and not the one left behind. But it didn't. Not at all.

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I wondered if it was really because he cared about me, or if now I was just another challenge.

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Everything always gets crazy at the end. You just have to keep going, regardless of how awful it gets. So that's what I do.

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So finally, I decided that the best response — the safest — was none at all.

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Please. She sighed. 'Can't a girl have high standards? I don't want an ordinary boy.

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