It was Jeff. Kate liked Jeff, and she grinned brightly, holding the matchbook up for him to see. She didn't feel an awful lot like grinning, not while she stood in a pile of books that would just tell her in scientific terms what was wrong with her mother, but she smiled anyway. All the ridiculous books that would tell her all the right words, but not how to fix anything. Nothing felt bright and filled with lights like it had during the last few parties she'd gone to, but things felt different anyway. Too bright, maybe, and too clear.
"I'm burning them," she answered, tilting her head to the side, her hair coming out of the clip that held it back. Brushing it away from her eyes, she shrugged and looked at the matches.
"Aren't you tired, sometimes, of this fucking place?" she asked. "Everything is just... it's a lie, isn't it? Here, have an amazing party and all the shit in the world you could want, but fuck you, you can't have your mom or your dad or even know if they're okay and while we're at it, you're going to be taunted by all these stupid books."
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Date: 2011-08-23 12:20 am (UTC)"I'm burning them," she answered, tilting her head to the side, her hair coming out of the clip that held it back. Brushing it away from her eyes, she shrugged and looked at the matches.
"Aren't you tired, sometimes, of this fucking place?" she asked. "Everything is just... it's a lie, isn't it? Here, have an amazing party and all the shit in the world you could want, but fuck you, you can't have your mom or your dad or even know if they're okay and while we're at it, you're going to be taunted by all these stupid books."