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Unluckily, my Nonna was.
It was just me, Nonna, and Costas now.
Mom and Dad had moved back to Honduras to be with Dad’s grandmother as she navigated the last few years of her life, leaving us all alone here.
Used to being alone, I wasn’t too affected by this.
Quinn had always been there.
Until he wasn’t.
Until Costas.
God.
Did he know what his prejudices were doing to me?
Did he know that he’d ruined my life?
The house was dark when I arrived.
I sat there for a few very long seconds in my car, contemplating what I was going to do.
It wasn’t until I remembered a comment from my school guidance counselor that I finally figured it out.
You have enough credits to graduate right now if you want to.
At the time Mrs. Sims had said that, I hadn’t wanted to graduate in December. I had wanted to go to school with the rest of my friends… and Quinn.
But Ande, my best friend, would be okay on her own. She would make it just fine without me.
And Quinn? Well, Quinn could fuck right off a cliff for all I cared.
He’d broken my heart.
I would live.
As long as I didn’t have to see him on another freakin’ date again, that was.
I glanced at the clock and saw it was just barely five.
I had time…
I backed out of the driveway and went to the nearest recruiting station.
I walked inside and signed my life away.
I walked down to the Army recruiter’s office, the one division of military that Quinn would never consider, and walked right in.
The recruiter who saw me walk in assessed me and his eyes gleamed as he took me in.
“Hi,” I said. “I’m interested in enlisting.”
Two weeks later, I graduated early from school with a quietness that startled Ande. One second, she was talking about next semester and prom, and in the following breath, I told her I was leaving.
Both of us were crying as we walked away.
Well paint me green and call me a pickle because I’m done dillin’ with you bitches.
