" What are you going to do for school?" " Go to FSU with Tash." " What if there was no Tash? What would you do then?" " I don't know," she murmurs. " Maybe go wherever Gabe goes. Or come to New York with you." It fills me with warmth, running liquid through me, but it won't thaw my mind. " Why does it have to be, like, based off someone else? Why can't you just do what you want?" " What I want is to be around people I care about." " Oh." I blink at the ceiling once, twice, eyelids getting heavy, eyes getting fuzzy. It makes sense when she says it like that. "