It's hard to imagine a place like that really exists. People have been judging me my whole life.

Aw, come on. I barely speak English, unless we're talking about the Lowcountry kind.

I hadn't fallen through his arms. He was ripped from mine.

Just as I lay back, she sat up. I sat up, and she flopped back down. Awkward. That was my every move when it came to her. Now we were both lying down, staring up at the blue sky.

DEMON MATH What is JUST in a world you've ripped in two as if there could be a half for me a half for you what is FAIR when there is nothing left to share what is YOURS when your pain is mine to bear this sad math is mine this mad path is mine subtract they say don't cry back to the desk try forget addition multiply and i reply this is why remainders hate division.

The more I learned about the world I thought I knew and all the ones I didn't, the more everything threaded together, leading everywhere and nowhere at the same time.

Until then, you can do what everyone else your age does. Listen to music. Watch the television. Just keep your nose away from those books.