" Mom told me you got hit by a ball last night, but I didn’t think it would be that nasty looking. Does it hurt?”
“It’s tender,” I admitted.
“I have some makeup that will cover it right up. No one will know.”
“Maybe I want people to know. Maybe I see it as a badge of honor.”
“Please. It looks like the first stage of turning into a zombie. "

― Rachel Hawthorne , The Boyfriend League