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“Saw your face, heard your name
Gotta get with you
Girls like girls like boys do - nothin' new”
- Girls Like Girls, Hayley Kiyoko

“Come on Karmen, I got you.” The shorter of the two held her hand out. “Just grab my hand for support,” she instructed the ginger on the windowsill. “Milo, I’m scared, what if I slip and fall?” Karmen asked, looking at the slope of the roof. “You’re not going to slip.” “Okay, fine.” Karmen grabbed Milo’s hand and tentatively lowered herself onto the roof. Karmen let out the breath she didn’t know she was holding. “See, you’re fine.” Milo said, smiling wide. Karmen’s eyebrows and shoulders relaxed at the sight of the other girl’s smile. Karmen noted the krinkles the other girl gets around her eyes when she smiles. “Yeah, well I figured, if you can manage to get on the roof regularly without slipping,” Karmen said teasingly, “there was no way I was going to slip.” Milo rolled her eyes and turned away from Karmen, walking two steps …show more content…

I love that you make me happy. You are the best thing to ever happen to me. You put up with me. You care about me, you understand me. You helped me come out to my parents, hell you helped me realize I was gay. You are the guided me through the confusion and shame and anxiety of realizing it. You were patient with me. And I love the way you get a gleam in your eyes when you talk about something you’re passionate about—” Karmen took a big breath “—I am in love with the way the sun makes your curls glow gold and you look like an angel. I am in love with the way your curls bounce when you laugh. I am in love with your laugh. I am in love with you Milo and I never thought I would love anyone because I thought you could only love boys and that when you felt that way about girls it wasn’t love but now with you I know that you can love girls and I love girls and I love you.” Karmen ended, catching her breath. She furrowed her eyebrows, terrified of Milo response. It felt like years before Milo

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