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“Thank you for listening. I’m sorry I didn’t bring a vase for the flowers. I hope they cheer you up during finals.”

truly a sapphic (in the making) 🤌🏻

“And I’m not saying you loved me, because we’re young and we haven’t known each other that long and I haven’t really earned that sort of feeling from you. But I think—I know—the feeling when I see you is love”

bro does have a way with words

“Look at me,” I whisper.
But Rosa keeps her eyes turned down. She carefully shifts her weight to the unhurt hip and swings at the ball. I don’t move as I watch it roll between me and one of the posts.”


this hopeless angst is so good please i need someone to get it

“As I watch her I suddenly realize Rosa’s not focused—she’s upset. She looks like a girl who just had her own heart stomped on.”

i get now why jocks are considered stupid

“Rosa’s voice cracks, and I immediately spring up from my chair and kneel by her side. “I’m sorry,” I murmur into her leg”

losers in love is an elite genre >>>>>>>>

“Rosa raises an eyebrow at me over her screen. “What?”
I shake my head. “What, what?”
“You’ve been staring at me nonstop for the last thirty minutes.”
“I hardly have that long of an attention span,” I say. I scribble a random word down in my notebook. “Maybe you just wish I was staring at you.”


i live for this kind of banter

I AM ABOUT REARRANGE MY WORLD FOR THIS GIRL? HELLO???

“Where are you? I type.
She answers right away.
Fútbolhead: Why do you care?
I sigh and roll my eyes. The lengths I have to go to do something nice for this girl.”


she’s such a softie i am dying actually

“But in the story version, every reader loves you. Every single person is saying, ‘That girl—I want to be like her.’ You exude main character energy.”

ALSO WHAT A THING TO ZAY like EVELYN HOLD UP

“I smile. “Hey, being a viejito has its perks. Who else would keep you grounded?”

The reference seems to throw Rosa off. She blinks a moment, then turns and gazes at me like a hole just tore in the universe.”


THE TENSIONNNN