“I’m sorry, Arry, I didn’t mean to. It’s not like I meant for things to change... It … it just happened.” My hands fall by my side, tears falling freely as Arrick catches up with what I am trying to say, rambling like a crazy weirdo. I feel ashamed, and I have no idea why. Every part of my body responds in new ways, and I can’t understand how that even works.

The brain screws up everything.

“You don’t love me like that, Sophs. You don’t know what you’re ...