I couldn't joke about the person who'd saved me from facing absolute heartbreak at home, who fed my family boxes of sweets, who ran to me worried that i was hurt if I asked for him. A month ago, I had looked at the TV and seen a stiff, distant, boring person-someone I couldn't imagine anyone loving. And while he wasn't anything close to the person I did love, he was worthy of having someone to love in his life.

A lot of things are yours, America

You don't do that. You don't just leave your family. Sticking together... it's the only way to survive.

Sometimes I feel like we're a knot, too tangled to be taken apart.

He wasn’t allowed to come with me there—my own rule for this little adventure. No more. Good-bye, Aspen.

It turns out I'm absolutely terrible at staying away from you. It's a very serious problem.

Castes never meant that much to me.