76, WG40, F36, E74 /NG36, M38, MF2, D2, B1, C0, NA1

Sarah Dessen, Someone like You

Merkwürdigerweise hatte ich den Handlungsfaden mit Halleys erster Liebe Macon fast komplett vergessen, aber ihre unverbrüchliche Freundschaft mit der Teenagermutter Scarlett war mir noch ganz präsent, wie auch der Konflikt mit ihrer Mutter, als sie sich langsam von ihr freistrampelt.
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That was, I was sure, the destiny in store for me until the day Scarlett looked up from behind those white sunglasses and made a spot for me next to her for the rest of my life. And I was grateful. Because life is an ugly, awful place to not have a best friend.
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She smiled at me, as if remembering suddenly when moments like this between us were not noticed for the very fact of how rare they were.
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I didn't say anything. You can't just turn your heart off like a faucet; you have to go to the source and dry it out, drop by drop.
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(Sarah Dessen, Someone like You, 1996)