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    28 May 2023

  2. Public Bookmark 19

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    My mom left. My dad…I mean, he cares. I know he cares. But I’m going to do so much more.

     

    Or, Greta asks the last question that matters, and Carson finds the answer they didn’t know they were looking for.

    They didn't have you where I come from
    Never knew the best was yet to come
    Life began when I saw your face
    And I hear your laugh like a serenade.

    —The Chicks, Lullabye

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    17 May 2023

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    “She’s not my girlfriend,” Greta hisses, even as she watches the game, watches Carson leading off second base, the focus in her jawline, the flex of her calves, that stupid cap on her head.

    “Oh really?” Maybelle leans over Jess. “Then why are you drooling?”

    Greta’s face goes hot. “I’m not fucking drooling!” she hisses. “Carson and I work together.”

    “Yeah, I’m sure you do lots of things together,” Jess quips, proud of themself.

    Swallowing hard, Greta steels her resolve. They’re getting too close to the truth. She has to remember the rules she and Carson drew up in the back of class once – they should have been taking notes, but Carson’s hand was on her knee, her thumb drawing circles, so she spent most of class just doing her best to keep a clear head.

    “Really, Carson and I are just friends,” she says, firm. “She has a boyfriend.” And that part is true at least. Carson isn’t her girlfriend; that’s Greta’s entire problem.

    (Or, a modern-take on the affair and how it might play out if they were allowed more choices, for better or for worse. The one where they're in college, they're co-workers, they can't keep their hands off each other they just really need to get their shit together.)

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    14 May 2023