You can only control your own actions. Not other people’s reactions.

After all, I think, isn't it always about a boy?

My name is Kirby Rose, and I'm adopted. I don't mean to make it sound like an AA confession, although sometimes that's how people take it, like it's something they should be supportive about. I just mean that they are two basic facts about me.

Then he asks if he can kiss me. It is a question I don’t usually like. Just do it, I always think.

I'm nostalgic and I do think about a "what if."

The world is not that black and white, Rachel. There are no moral absolutes. It is complex.

Life is about the gray areas. Things are seldom black and white, even when we wish they were and think they should be, and I like exploring this nuanced terrain.