MANGOS & EGOS.

To the boy who made me understand happiness and my worth at another level. To the boy who would never be mine. To anyone stuck. Stuck just somewhere, life, a situation, understanding yourself, your best friend, your crush, people, your parents. Trying to figure it out. To anyone who cries themselves to sleep because that's the only ounce of comfort. To anyone who questions their existence. all the descriptions under the sun. I get it. I've been there and nowhere. Sometimes one or the other. Sometimes at once. This story is for me — This story is for you. Copyright © Lauren Billups 2018 All rights reserved to the author. No part of this work may be used or reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any manner including photocopying, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted without permission from author. This is a work of fiction. Some names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination. used from true events or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is can be coincidental. Some names and identifying details have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals as well.