Eventually, it wasn't even your dad I wanted, just anybody. Anybody at all.
As if it didnt matter what was on, but instead how hard i was listening.
You punched him by accident.
Some things you don't have to tell. Some things, between sisters, are understood.
If someone is really close with you, your getting upset or them getting upset is okay, and they don't change because of it. It's just part of the relationship. It happens. You deal with it.
I felt like I'd been swimming so hard, and the water growing warmer and warmer the closer I got to the top. I wasn't there yet, but now I could see the surface, rippling just beyond my fingers.