My father looked like he was having a strokeโ not that Mel seemed to notice because he just kept talking. โPatrick needs a ride. No car, you know, and so I figured, hey, I can pick up some gas money.โ He laughed. No one else did, and now Patrick looked like he was trying to push himself inside the door and hide.
Elizabeth ScottI love the me I am with him. Iโm the girl who has Dave. Iโm Lauren, Daveโs girlfriend. Iโm someone better than Lauren Smith, who no one noticed till Dave came along. The thing is, that girl isnโt me and I know it. But when Iโm with him, I feel like I could be her. That if something in me was justโI donโt know, shifted a little or something, smoothed downโpeople would think of me the way they think of Dave, and everything would always be perfect. I would be perfect.
Elizabeth ScottI always wanted to be grown up. When I was little I couldnโt wait to be a teenager and go to high school. When I got there I wanted to be done with it, wanted to get out into the world, the real one, and live in it. The thing is, that world doesnโt exist. All growing up means is that you realize no one will come along to fix things. No one will come along to save you.
Elizabeth Scott