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Stella asks her questions and I answer when it’s my turn. Icannot wipe the stupid smile off my face as I am thrown questions about blogging and cupcakes and being a teen voice in YA and evenFireflies and Youand handling controversy on social media. Stella smiles at my answers, people laugh at my jokes, and I amkilling it.

The first few questions, I ask myself,What would Kels say?

But honestly? I don’t have to try so hard.

I am the Kels that everyone expects me to be, and she doesn’t feel like a persona anymore. I hope Nash is here to see that. I hope he seesme. The girl who will forever avoidThe Lord of the Ringsfandom, who will talk books with him anytime, who will bake the most extra cupcakes because they may be for eating, but they’re also for stress relief and brand building. The girl who is good at bowling but bad at finding the right words.

The girl who loves him.

I wasted an entire school year justifying the differences between my digital friendship with Nash and my IRL friendship—but were they ever that different?Really?

I don’t think so.

I hope Nash doesn’t think so either.

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