[ it would be really easy to take that out, wouldn't it? just carry on with the conversation, maybe laugh a little about how one best friend was always the smart one and the other was always the artsy one, leaving caroline somewhere in the middle? how all the boys always picked everyone else, even when she tried so hard to be the right one?

well, maybe a few years ago she could. but this caroline stopped taking the easy road a long time ago. ]

When you can do things other people can't, you don't exactly get treated like you're part of the Brady Bunch. [ she huffs a little, hands lifting to idly pick at the cuticles on her nails, a nervous habit. ] Especially if people get hurt before you figure out what you're doing.

[ is she saying too much? maybe. but it feels nice to be able to talk about it... and perhaps a little bit therapeutic, given that she can't compel him to forget the conversation ever happened. ]