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Dad starts laughing.
Then Mom cracks up, and so do Lincoln and I.
I can't tell if the situation is actually that funny or if we're all just relieved to finally be honest with each other.
Whatever it is, it feels very good.

I shift in my seat.
Am I seriously about to interrupt this major family milestone?
Wasn't that exactly what screwed up everything so badly a few months ago?
What is wrong with me?
I love Maggie too much to keep exploding her life.
Oh. Wow.
Love.
Did I actually mean that?
Yeah.
I love Maggie Spear. Which is why I can't go through with this.
I chuck the photos onto the passenger seat and calmly K-turn out of there.

“I need to stop writing intensely personal songs about people I love.”

WOAH AHH TWIST TWSIT GACK WHAT

HE’S NEVER GOING TO GET UNSTUCK IF YOU CONTINUE KEEPING THINGS FROM HIM! 😭

Whatever the reason is, I can't apologize to her if she doesn't respond. Not the way I want to, anyway. So I've tried to put Layla out of my mind, into the same locked box where I'm keeping Maggie.

I didn't mean for that to sound so creepy. The box is figurative. Like, in my head. I haven't put any of my exes into boxes! Is what I'm saying.

😂😂

WOAH HOLD UP IS THAT GOING TO BE IMPORTANT NO NO DO GO ON

Okay this is already one of the coolest time loop stories I’ve read!!

Hmm so far I’m not loving. This is a YA book yet is promoting some not great stuff…