I couldn’t picture myself with a boyfriend, but if i had to, i envisioned a nice normal guy who turned in his math homework on time and maybe even played rec baseball.
BECCA FITZPATRICKI couldn’t picture myself with a boyfriend, but if i had to, i envisioned a nice normal guy who turned in his math homework on time and maybe even played rec baseball.
BECCA FITZPATRICKAre you keeping anything else from me? Im keeping a lot of things from you. Like? Like the way i feel about being locked up in here with you. You have no idea what you do to me.
BECCA FITZPATRICKAs in, i wouldn’t know normal if it marched up and poked me in the eye.
BECCA FITZPATRICKLets be honest, nora. Youve got it bad for me.” his eyes held a lot of depth. “and ive got it bad for you.
BECCA FITZPATRICKI take my job seriously, which means i’m going to need to get acquainted with the subject matter on a personal level.
BECCA FITZPATRICKHumans are vulnerable, because theyre capable of being hurt.
BECCA FITZPATRICKYour name? I repeated, hoping it was my imagination that my voice faltered. Call me patch. I mean it. Call me
BECCA FITZPATRICKThe more time i spent with him, the more i knew the feelings weren’t going away.
BECCA FITZPATRICKCitizen’s arrest,” he said. “well, that, and patch told me to.
BECCA FITZPATRICKBeing nice? Hes being horny.
BECCA FITZPATRICKHave you finished your column for tomorrow’s headline?” it was vee. She came up beside me, jotting notes on the notepad she carried everywhere. “i’m thinking of writing mine on the injustice of seating charts. I got paired with a girl who said she just finished lice treatment this morning.
BECCA FITZPATRICKYou’re mine, angel, and don’t you forget it. Your fights are my fights. What if something bad had happened today? It was bad enough when i thought your ghost was haunting me; i don’t think i can handle the real thing.
BECCA FITZPATRICKYou can call me patch. No really. Call me.
BECCA FITZPATRICKI already know my size. I don’t need reminding.
BECCA FITZPATRICKDont panic, i thought. But already my breathing was faster, shallower. You mean you can feel happy or sad or desire. A barely-there smile.
BECCA FITZPATRICKMy most noticeable physical trait is, hands down, my hair. It’s big, unruly and curly, and you can spot it from a mile away… Literally.
BECCA FITZPATRICK