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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

“Well, she kind of looks like this strange alien, pixie creature, but in a really cool way. She’s like a living piece of art, and she makes music that’s not really just music, it’s a patchwork of sounds and vocals that you can’t really hear, but you somehow understand . . . I guess that doesn’t make much sense. It’s hard to describe her music. It kind of paints a picture of something and you’re not really sure what it is at first, you have to listen to it over and over again until you can see it. And she does everything herself. She even shoots her own videos—” I paused. “I don’t know, it speaks to me even though I don’t actually know what it’s saying half the time. I also like XOV and The Knife and Fever Ray, they’re all Swedish and make dark, electronic pop music, or . . . I don’t know what you would call it.”

He stopped walking and looked at me strangely. And then a slow smile spread across his face. The smile seemed to migrate from the corners of his mouth and travel up into his eyes, which now seemed brighter and bluer than they had ever been before. “Anything but JustLori. I don’t think I’ve met anyone who listens to dark Swedish music.”

“Thanks, I think? Or not? Is that a good thing, or a bad thing?” I asked, stumbling over my words.

He laughed. “See.” He spun around and turned his back to me and then shot me a look over his shoulder that literally stopped my heart, dead. D.E.A.D! For a split second my heart ceased to beat and my blood ceased to flow and everything felt hot and cold and blurry and crystal clear all at the same time. Wait . . . what was going on here?

21

WhatsApp Group: How You Doin’???

LORI: How do you know if someone likes you? Quick! I need urgent assistance here

ANDILE: Wait . . . who’s liking who?

GUY: What kind of like?

LORI: Like, like like

GUY: Smooching, touching, heart like?

ANDILE: Ha-hah! Smooching???

LORI: Shut up, you can tease me later. I’m in a public bathroom, and I need to get out, so . . . how do you know if someone likes you?

ANDILE: They ask you a lot of questions about yourself

GUY: And they listen. Genuinely interested

Okay, check!

ANDILE: They find an excuse to touch you . . . even if it’s brief

Twice and counting.

GUY: Tease and joke with you, in a cute playful way

Check!

ANDILE: Want to spend time with you

He asked us out today.

ANDILE: Smile at you a lot

Yes, yes, yes . . .

GUY: Flirt with you

LORI: How do you know if they’re flirting?

ANDILE: Trust me, you’ll know

LORI: How?

ANDILE: You’ll get that feeling

LORI: What feeling?