How could he convey to someone whod never even met her the way she always smelled like rain or how his stomach knotted up every time he saw her shake loose her hair from its braid How could he describe how it felt when she finished his sentences turnec the mug they were sharing so that her mouth landed where his had been How did he explain the way they could be in a locker room or underwater or in the piney woods of Maine bus as long as Em was with him he was at home

I love you he whispered and that was the moment he knew what he was going to do. When you loved someone you put their needs before your own. No matter how inconceivable those needs were no matter how fucked up no matter how much it made you feel like you were ripping yourself into pieces.

I um I have this problem. I broke up with my boyfriend you see. And Im pretty upset about it so I wanted to talk to my best friend. ... The thing is theyre both you.