Chapter 28

Chapter 28

May 1st

Dear Me,

We did it! Our first boyfriend. It only took sixteen years. But Nick Adler is totally gorgeous. He always wears a backward baseball hat, and his messy hair sticks out all over from underneath it. We’ve been together for two weeks now. And…we made the first move! Well, technically Bennett made the first move for us. Whatever.

We usually eat lunch with Bennett and a bunch of other kids. Nick sits at the table across from us. Bennett kept telling us to just go sit with him—to make the first move, but we were too chicken. One day, when we were looking over at Nick, Bennett yelled, “Hey, Adler. Soph’s gonna sit with you guys today, alright?” Nick shrugged and said sure. We wanted to kill Bennett. We were so nervous when we had to walk over there. But things worked out. Nick and us even hung out with Bennett and Skylar—his newest girlfriend—last weekend. Bennett’s girlfriend is in college already and really pretty. She was nice, I guess.

Oh…and we had to move again. Mom and Lorenzo broke up. Our new apartment is really small. But at least it’s not too far from the last one.

Today our poem is dedicated to Nick.

My heart has four walls.

He tried to climb but fell down.

For you, they crumble.

This letter will self-destruct in ten minutes.

Anonymously,

Sophie