Becky Albertalli

The Upside of Unrequited

kari <33

“Because when you spend so much time just intensely wanting something, and then you actually get the thing? It’s magic.” 

All of a sudden, I feel like crying. In a good way. It’s butterflies and haziness and heart eyes, but underneath all that, there’s this bass line of 

I can’t believe this. I can’t believe this is me.

I can’t quite articulate the sweetness of that feeling. 

It’s finding out the door you were banging on is finally unlocked. Maybe it was unlocked the whole time. 

I look up, smiling guiltily – and I catch a sudden glimpse of myself in the mirror across the room. 

It’s the weirdest thing. My hair is unbrushed. I’m wearing what may actually be one of Nadine’s maternity shirts. And pajama pants. And there’s a spot of toothpaste  in the corner of my mouth. 

But for the first time in maybe ever. I feel really beautiful. 

vinny<3

I hate hating my body. Actually, I don't even hate my body. I just worry everyone else might.

Because chubby girls don't get boyfriends, and they definitely don't have sex. Not in movies—not really—unless it's supposed to be a joke. And I don't want to be a joke.

Nikas

I don’t entirely understand how anyone gets a boyfriend. Or a girlfriend. It just seems like the most impossible odds. You have to have a crush on the exact right person at the exact right moment. And they have to like you back. A perfect alignment of feelings and circumstances. It’s almost unfathomable that it happens as often as it does.

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