Not So Perfect

self through this. But the reality of this situation is that I want to. Even if my parents kick me out, which I'll l

de to my situation is that I'm fortunate to have money saved up. I can easily get a job, move into a

almost like I was hoping for it to be true. Yet part of me wanted it to be false. I spent the rest of the

me alone. I was excluded from every conversation which didn't bother me at a

ion. Ready to just get the mess out o

hree weeks, and I've seen him a handful of times. He doesn't try to talk to me anymore, but

n shorts and a gray tank top. The temperatures have gone insanely

shoes. Walking downstairs, I can hear t

before he leaves for work. I'm surprised to see my si

t, making it to the door be

he kitchen. "You're not gonna

keep my comment to m

des, social skills, and looks. Her hair is the exact same shade as

ess. "Thomas doesn't come around anymore? Oh, wai

myself to keep it in. "I'll be bac

The three-story home looks exactly like every house in the neighborhood. I

ancy test that I wrapped in a napkin. Putting

omas isn't a bad guy, he was very sweet until I overheard how he was using m

ow anyone to use me and li

ling Thomas, his lip

fter staring at me

discretely on my shorts

the door a bit wi

"Want anything to drink? W

over. I nod, looking around t

e hands me one. "Should we

glass down after d

walls. Their mother loves to have their home represent them as a

ious of. But the few times the

or the first time in w

ollection of CDs are organized neatly and I remember the n

memories, mee

He wonders, cr

deciding to just go for it. Dragging i

utiously. I feel the breath knocked out of me when he cat

his hair, tugging at the en

l say. "Congrats?" I try to joke,

shock. "We're having a ba

g him to look at it again. "Are you ok

in shock, what have you decided?" Thomas

bed sheets. "To keep it." I watch his re

in anything. Your parents are gonna kill us.

ill probably accept it a li

few moments before he breathes out a l