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"Starfire told me I could call her 'Mom.'"
Miles chokes over a laugh. "Does it make you feel better or worse that she said the same thing to me?"
"It makes me want to buy her a dictionary," I say.

“Life isn’t a competition, and neither is love, but I’m still the loser.”

“His grin splits wide. "It's a nice dress. You look nice."
I blush furiously. "I look like an overstuffed cannolo." His head cocks. "What's a cannolo?"
"The singular version of cannoli," I say.
"So you look delicious" he says.”

“I still felt guilty about the dress, but whenever I brought up the possibility of paying her back, she joked that she actually owed me money, since I'd never needed her to bail me out of jail or replace a garage door I drove through "like a normal teen."”

“ I’m now old enough to have kids without anyone being scandalized by it.”