Synopsis:

"You know, it all played out differently in my head."

She reads Dostoyevsky and listens to Beethoven because a sullen boy once told her to. She refuses to die her hair blond for the same reason, different boy.

Excerpt:

The best people are the ones with something real to go home to at the end of the day. That's what I want. More than a anything, actually. And no, I don't exactly know how to get there. But I think I'm ready to try.

I'm not worried about you... I've learned not to be because you can stand strong and make it through far better than I could ever dream of. I just thought maybe you needed some encouragement.

And those are answers to fifty questions you had no intention of ever asking.