The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia.

Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.

Something really is wrong with me. And I don't know what it is.

Have you ever done that? You feel really bad, and then it goes away, and you don’t know why.

The movie itself was very interesting, but I didn't think it was very good because I didn't really feel different when it was over.

Sam has brown hair and very, very pretty green eyes. The kind of green that doesn't make a big deal about itself.

And later that night to be with my family at dinnertime and have things just be like they always were. That was the amazing part. Things just keep going. We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough.