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  1. Big Boned
  2. CONTENTS
  3. Dedication
  4. 1
  5. 2
  6. 3
  7. 4
  8. 5
  9. 6
  10. 7
  11. 8
  12. 9
  13. 10
  14. 11
  15. 12
  16. 13
  17. 14
  18. 15
  19. 16
  20. 17
  21. 18
  22. 19
  23. 20
  24. 21
  25. 22
  26. 23
  27. 24
  28. 25
  29. 26
  30. 27
  31. 28
  32. 29
  33. 30
  34. 31
  35. 32
  36. 33
  37. 34
  38. 35
  39. 36
  40. 37
  41. 38
  42. 39
  43. 40
  44. 41
  45. 42
  46. 43
  47. 44
  48. 45
  49. 46
  50. 47
  51. 48
  52. 49
  53. 50
  54. 51
  55. 52
  56. 53
  57. 54
  58. 55
  59. One Month Later
  60. Acknowledgments
  61. About the Author
  62. Copyright
  63. About the Publisher
  64. Backad 1
  65. Backad 2
  66. Backad 3
  67. Backad 4

She gave me a smug smile and then exited the bathroom with a low, evil-sounding chuckle. The kind a witch might make while dropping the severed heads of small, innocent, woodland creatures into a fiery cauldron. I picked up her tissue and threw it into the bin. How had this become my life? Living the ultimate teen cliché where a girl like her was picking on a girl like me?

6

I dragged myself and my humiliated soup can shirt out of the bathroom, and as much as I like to give off the vibe—whenever possible—that I’m cool and unaffected by such puerile, immature behavior, it’s all a lie.

Because I am. I am affected by it. It does get to me, and it cuts me right to the quick, and now I wished that I had my regular afternoon appointment with Dr. Finkelstein. I pulled up the message she’d sent me with the number for a therapist in Cape Town. While my phone was out, I decided to send the guys a quick WhatsApp. I needed something familiar in my life right now. Something I could anchor myself with.

WhatsApp Group: How You Doin’???

I smiled to myself whenever I read the group name. Two years ago we’d binged all of Friends, and this had become our official greeting for a while. That was a happy time.

LORI: This place is crazy! You wouldn’t believe it

GUY: Do tell

ANDILE: Are the guys there hot tho?

LORI: You’re such a gay cliché

ANDILE: But you love me anyway

LORI: Who wouldn’t!

ANDILE: And what are the girls like? Are they a bunch of hot Mean Girls?

LORI: Some of them seem okay, I guess. But then there’s Amber . . .

GUY: AAAHH! There’s always an “Amber” isn’t there?

LORI: And she already hates me . . . I guess I did break her nails and spill water on her

ANDILE: Bad girl

LORI: It was an accident, but now she has it out for me

GUY: Just put that gorgeous head of yours up in the air and be yourself

ANDILE: Totally. Everyone will love you

ANDILE: Well, maybe Amber won’t. But that’s okay. Who wants to be friends with her anyway

LORI: I gotta run, don’t want to be late for class

GUY: We miss you xxx

LORI: Me too

GUY: Big time!

ANDILE: I miss you more than Guy

GUY: That’s just because Musi broke up with you

LORI: Noooo. Why?

ANDILE: He decided he wasn’t gay . . . again!

GUY: Confused “straight” guys are the worst! They should just come out as bi. Like me. Best of both worlds

ANDILE:

LORI: Okay! Love you all. Have to go

ANDILE:

GUY: Bye. Slay the day!