I know I wasn’t the person you needed me to be before, but I can be if you’ll let me.

Needing and getting don’t always go together.

I just wish she wouldn’t make herself such an obvious target.” “No one should have to worry about being a target. She’s just a kid trying to graduate. It’s the school’s responsibility to keep her safe. It’s the teachers’ job to make sure we all get a fair shot here.

We understand that a family is something you make. I grew up hearing ‘blood is thicker than water,’ and maybe it’s true, but in the gay community we’ve got more than water between us. We’ve got something stamped onto our DNA, something that marks us as belonging to each other every bit as much as we belong to our birth families. I’m not sure people outside the circle can ever fully understand a connection they’ve never experienced.

Baseball was a safe bet. Baseball also didn’t have a girlfriend. Then again, baseball didn’t have big brown eyes or show a little hint of cleavage under its uniforms. Decisions, decisions.

Spooning leads to forking.

Needing and getting don't always go together.

Why did the two most important things in her life have to require her attention at exactly the same time?

She's like a reverse M&M, all sweet and smooth on the outside with a tough shell inside.

Baseball was a safe bet. Baseball also didn't have a girlfriend. Then again, baseball didn't have big brown eyes or show a little hint of cleavage under its uniforms. Decisions, decisions.