Page 108 of The Fall Classic

They can and some do. Just not usually Twilight.

Georgie

One of the things I actually like about my dad is that he likes romcoms. They’re his favorite genre. He’s not a big reader, but I grew up watching all the classics with him. Sleepless in Seattle, French Kiss, While You Were Sleeping. I love a good 90s romcom.

Logan

I’ll see your 90s romcoms and raise you some classics. I grew up watching Roman Holiday and An American In Paris.

Georgie

I’ve never seen Roman Holiday. I’ve never heard of An American In Paris.

Logan

Movie marathon.

The second I get home.

Georgie

Don’t say that or I may hold you to it.

Logan

You can absolutely hold me to it.

Georgie

:)

I forgot to ask where you’re staying! Home? Lucas’s?

Logan

Team is putting me up for the first week, and then I’ll move in with Lucas.

I don’t love being at my house by myself. Too many memories that are hard to process without other people.

Georgie

Wow, I never thought of that.

I’ve only processed my memories alone. The idea of shared grief is so foreign to me.

Is it nice?

The peanuts and Coke Zero I had on the flight turn sour in my stomach. Here I am complaining about being alone when she doesn’t know anything different.

Saying she grieved alone doesn’t begin to cover it.

And texts aren’t enough.

I FaceTime her, and she answers on the first ring. Her face is pale and her eyes are glossy, making her look more like a statue than a woman who’s hurting as badly as she is.

“Hey, I’m sorry,” I say. “That was insensitive.”

“It really wasn’t,” she says. “You have a different frame of reference than I have.”