tallyyoungblood

"I mean, yeah. She thinks I stole David because I'm selfish and wanted attention from the bubbliest guy in the Smoke, even if my friend liked him. And in my memories from being Special, she told me I should have tried to share the cure with her instead of Zane--never mind that we had only seconds to take it because the Specials were about to find us. She was like, you just shared it with him because he's the leader of the Crims. I think she thinks I'm some kind of popularity-chasing monster. She's not wrong that I want to belong," she says quietly. "That was the whole point of being pretty, that I would be a part of something and never worry about being alone again. But I didn't want to hurt her to do it. It just happened that way."