Alexandra

It felt strange finding myself talking so much and so easily with her. It was like the girl had a key to unlock all my past, and she did it without me realizing it. For the first time, my bitter memories didn't feel like a sharp stab in my chest anymore. It was just some distant finished events.

I felt so free and so alive, like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly.

Avery kept staring at me with her jaw hanging.

"When are you going to close your mouth, Avery?" I said to her. She snapped back to herself again and blinked her eyes.

"Alex, there's something else I...