I didn't know that other people thought things about me. I didn't know that they looked.

The fact that one of these ladies was my mom made me particularly sad because my mom is beautiful. And she’s always on a diet. Sometimes, my dad calls her beautiful, but she cannot hear him.

Sometimes, I think Bill forgets that I am sixteen. But I am very happy that he does.

I just laid around in my bed, looking at the ceiling, and i smiled because it was a nice kind of quiet.

Patrick started driving really fast, and just before we got to the tunnel. Sam stood up, and the wind turned her dress into ocean waves. When we hit the tunnel, all the sound got scooped up into a vacuum, and it was replaced by a song on the tape player. A beautiful song called “Landslide.” When we got out of the tunnel, Sam screamed this really fun scream, and there it was. Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. Sam sat down and started laughing. Patrick started laughing. I started laughing. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

I'm only being cute here. I don't really mean it. I just wanted to make you smile.

I have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don't know what I would write.