CHAPTER 12 LIN My heart is all fluttery while my stomach feels very heavy, I’m making such a fool of myself. First by admitting to Kara that I don’t have any friends, and then... and then kissing her. I don’t even know what I’m doing. Why would I do that? She was just being nice and now… I may have just made this weird. But the way that she looked at me, those emotions, it made me want her like I’ve never wanted anyone before, and I did something stupid and impulsive because of it. I pull back, immediately missing her warmth and her touch on me. But I know that trying to make friends, or even have a relationship, it’s not ever going to be different, it’s always the same. It always starts out like this, it always starts with people thinking that I’m desperate for friends that I’ll accept

