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“Us, too. That’s so funny.”
“I wanted to be the acrobat girl; she was badass.”
“Diana. Yeah, she was. You’re kind of a dead ringer for Sheila the Thief, though. Red hair and all.”
“Which is exactly why I didn’t like her,” Tilly said with a laugh. “I hated my hair when I was little.”
My eyes widened in shock. “Why?”
“Because I just wanted to be like every other blonde and brunette girl at school. But now, I don’t mind standing out. In fact, I kind of like it.”
“You should like it. Your hair is just one of the many beautiful things about you.”
Tilly took in another large sip of her drink. “Oh, really?”
“Yep.”
“Care to elaborate?”
“Why? Are you taking notes?” I flirted.
She shrugged, looking nonchalant but flirtatious. “Maybe I am.”
“Well, we’ve already covered your hair. Your eyes are the greenest I’ve ever seen; the freckles across the bridge of your nose are like little sun kisses; and your smile…well, don’t even get me started on that.”
“My smile?” she asked, looking genuinely surprised.
“Oh yeah,” I said, tearing the head off a gummy worm and offering her the open bag. She took a couple in her hand. “Even when you had braces, you had the prettiest smile in school.”
“Wait. You remember when I had braces? That was in middle school.”
“And?”
She tilted her head forward, raising an eyebrow. “And, we weren’t dating yet.”
“That doesn’t mean I didn’t notice you…like all the time.”
“Wait. Hold the phone—you liked me in middle school?”
“Truth?”
“Please.”
“I liked you the moment my family moved here, and I spotted you across the classroom in fifth grade.”
“You’re serious?”
“Yep.”
“Why didn’t you tell me when we were going out?”
“I don’t know…same reason you didn’t tell me about puking at the space exhibit. I was a little embarrassed that, as my mom would say, I held a torch for you for so many years. I wanted you to think I was cool.”
“Hate to break it to you, Wyatt, but I never liked you because you were cool.”
“Fine, I guess that’s fair.”
“I liked you because you were you. You were sweet and funny and hilarious. And you were uniquely yourself. Most of the guys at our school were followers, but not you. You did your own thing, and you never apologized for it.”
