It's like i’m the middle man in a tug-of-war or something between you guys.
It was true. Ever since he moved to the North with his mom, he’d became a Greaser in the heart of Social territory, and he had to change–to conform. Jake knew it. Bree knew it. Everyone knew it. And the more time that passed, the more she knew that he was right. He was in the middle of a giant tug-of-war. She was fighting to keep him, while the Socials fought to take him away. And day after day, she watched as he slowly become more and more like–and accepted by–the people they’d grown up hating. That they still hated. Or at least, she thought they still hated them? But if that were the truth, did she have to hate Jake now?…Or did he hate himself? Looking at the boy’s face, the desperation written all over it, Bree bit the inside of her cheek, swallowing the lump forming in her throat. Maybe he did hate himself? The thought alone was almost enough to break her. He could if he wanted, but she couldn’t. And she wouldn’t. “’Tis the life we lead.”















