Right, yeah. I'll just lord that over him forever until he resents me and we have a totally functional, happy relationship. Besides... I get the feeling Evan already thinks, like, every person on the planet is better than him. He doesn't know how much he's given me.
Did I say anything about you not treating them like the world either? Just because they're nice... That's not enough. Don't settle for anything less than the best for you. If they don't make you feel like you can take on the world, what's the point?
They were best friends, and he reminded me of a lot of things about my brother and how kind he could be. Anyways, we had this memorial assembly for him at school, and Evan gave this... really, really beautiful speech.
Yeah. He talked about how... my brother had found him after he fell out of a tree and broke his arm, and drove him to the hospital.
[She shifts not quite uncomfortably, pausing.]
It'd been so long since I'd heard him say or do anything nice, you know? Like I said, we weren't close at all. But - it reminded me of what I loved about him, back when we were younger. That's why.
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[She doesn’t laugh again, but the smile she wears is amused.]
Right. I’ll just choose to be lonely forever because I’m better than every boy.
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Coming here was for extra security, extra insurance, but we'll take them down one way or another.
[ She waves her fork like it's a baton and closes her fingers and thumb on her left hand. ]
You have to find a boy who knows you're better than him and thinks you're the world. Don't settle for anything less.
[ ALL WOMEN* ARE QUEENS, ZOE.
*who aren't annoying and stupid ]
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[Even if her next words get a smirk.]
Right, yeah. I'll just lord that over him forever until he resents me and we have a totally functional, happy relationship. Besides... I get the feeling Evan already thinks, like, every person on the planet is better than him. He doesn't know how much he's given me.
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Did I say anything about you not treating them like the world either? Just because they're nice... That's not enough. Don't settle for anything less than the best for you. If they don't make you feel like you can take on the world, what's the point?
Whoever Evan is needs more confidence.
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[She nods.]
Oh, yeah, he definitely does. He looked like he might start crying the first time I kissed him.
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[ Inequality from either side. ]
.... You need to pick them better.
[ crying the first time he got kissed??? why ]
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[She shrugs.]
To be fair, it was kind of an emotional night for both of us.
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[In fact, it feels strange to her that so many people here don’t know, given how much it impacted the way people saw her back home.]
The first thing you need to know for this story is... Before he died, my brother and I weren’t on good terms at all.
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[ Even if Zoe doesn't mind talking about it, this is still kind of an awkward topic. ]
How does your maybe boyfriend connect to this?
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[Either way, she doesn't comment on that sorry.]
They were best friends, and he reminded me of a lot of things about my brother and how kind he could be. Anyways, we had this memorial assembly for him at school, and Evan gave this... really, really beautiful speech.
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[ Enough to earn a kiss. ]
It sounds like it helped you both grieve.
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[She shifts not quite uncomfortably, pausing.]
It'd been so long since I'd heard him say or do anything nice, you know? Like I said, we weren't close at all. But - it reminded me of what I loved about him, back when we were younger. That's why.
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[ She doesn't quite get it because Nonon's an only child, but she gets how that helped Zoe. ]
I guess he's not totally terrible.
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I get the feeling that you have pretty high standards.
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[ Even if some of her choices here make that questionable. ]
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[ She shrugs. ]
It's not like I haven't thought some people were attractive.
[ She's still an 18 year old girl. ]
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Ooh. Come on, you gotta spill.
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[ That's a fact as far as Nonon's concerned. ]
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[Sometimes her taste is fine, maybe.]
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[ A beat. ]
Love is cute, too.
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[A smile.]
Honestly, everyone here is, like, abnormally attractive. [With a laugh:] Maybe that was their real criteria.
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