Allie

“Holly? Is she queer?” I collected the yoghurt from the counter and popped it into the almost empty fridge. “Well, I’m not one hundred percent sure. But she does have short hair and always wears pants. Oh, and your dad often runs into her at Home Depot.”
― Elizabeth Luly, The Floral Arrangement

“Then, before Astrid could laugh or protest or react at all, Iris grabbed her around the waist and pulled her onto the bed. She yanked both Claire and Delilah into her embrace as well, until the four women were wrapped up together on the bed, laughing and crying and swearing, everyone’s hair and makeup ruined good and proper. And no other moment in Astrid’s life had ever felt so perfect.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail