And she had been in love enough times to rule out the possibility that this was merely some feat of nostalgia.

“Occasionally, she wondered if all couples struggled so much to understand one a…”

“Rivalry glued the girls together in a way that regular contact could not.”

“Their looks and personalities were still intact, but some thing had atrophied e…”

“If anything was, that the world will always--it can only--disappoint.”