alice-the-kellyâ:
âI just⊠itâs just like when I think about films, it takes me over right? I thought of films as an escape as a kid. Made me feel a bit better about who I was, but a lot of people thought I was a freak. I used to believe âem. Sometimes I still do. But maybe itâs not a bad thing⊠Iâm just who I am.â She grinned, listening to Kaleighâs stories about her dads. Maybe there was a piece of Alice that was jealous, but she wouldnât let it show. âGod, thatâs a whole lot to build a sandcastle, huh? But itâs calminâ. I used to live right by the sea.â
âA lot of people are jerks,â she pointed out, though she didnât think that was any new information to Alice. âIf you think youâre a freak and you like it, thatâs fine. But donât accept it just because others have said it to you.â Kaleigh had been told she was a lot of things, some of it might possibly be true. But she did her best to listen to her friends instead. Not that it always worked. âWhere did you grow up? Do you miss it?âÂ













