Chapter 23: Roller Coaster

You're in my head, Luke Dawson. These last few weeks were some of the most thrilling days in my memory. The trouble, the pain, the laughter. It was a roller coaster that I didn't want to end. Is this what your world is like? If so, thank you. It made me feel alive. I met you three weeks ago but I've known you my whole life. And not in an 'our souls are eternally connected' kind of way. I mean literally, you have been my next-door neighbor since kindergarten. I wish you could see me in the same way I see you. It scares me. There's nothing to cling to, no hope that this would happen again. I think about that night at the lake, when we were so close to... well, you know... I can see now why everyone is obsessed with you; why they want to be around you, become you. I bet it gets tiring. You don't ask for it. I hope you don't think I'm one of them. "Move out of the way, nerd." "Can your sweatpants be