"I know. But you love me. I wouldn't fit in with the rest of you otherwise."
She rolled over on the bed so she could see Alice, still feeling very close to crying.
"So. This boy. I kissed him. Not now. Before. And we hadn't talked about it. And lately he's been acting... like he might like me. But apparently not." She cuddled into her pillow. "Because he said I should find somebody else."