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is one of the most important people in my life, not some hotter-than-a-house-on-fire bombshell from a movie poster. I know her. She’s a sweet, sassy, intelligent, beautiful-on-the-inside, real person. And… Oh my god. She is my type! She is the standard by which I assess every other woman on the planet. Oh, this is so effin’ bad. I need to get out of here. Bring the damn check, please!

I’d pick you, Kendall. You are, in every possible sense of the word, the most breathtaking woman I have ever met. That would be the most truthful answer I could give, but I know when to keep the truth to my damn self. “You know that X-Men movie, the one where Xavier can still walk?”

Kendall furrows her eyebrows at me as if to say ‘yeah, and?’

“The actress who played Mystique in that. Hello, blue body

There’s a lot to be said about Kendall Bettencourt. She’s one of those people who were put on this earth so that the average human can give the word ‘beauty’ a definition. Between having the body of a Victoria’s Secret model and a face that should be immortalized in a Da Vinci painting, she never stood a chance at living her life in the shadows. It didn’t really come as much of a surprise

There’s a lot to be said about Kendall Bettencourt. She’s one of those people who were put on this earth so that the average human can give the word ‘beauty’ a definition. Between having the body of a Victoria’s Secret model and a face

that should be immortalized in a Da Vinci painting, she never stood a chance at living her life in the shadows. It didn’t really come as much of a surprise that this girl—whose genetic makeup is, by no fault of her own, startlingly akin to that of a Greek goddess—would become one of Hollywood’s most sought-after up-and-comers. But my favorite thing about her is not her physical beauty or even the fact that she has genuine talent.

‘Wait a minute. All that was for one tree?’

‘It was only one tree, but it was two hundred years old. And, remember, the tree’s only crime was to grow directly in front of the view some corporate fat cat wanted to enjoy two weeks a year when he holidayed here.’

‘You spent six months working to save one tree.’

‘You’re missing the point, Callum. Yes it was one tree. But it represented something to this community, and we stopped one guy and his big fat chequebook from demolishing it. And you know what? In a hundred years’ time that developer will be long gone and the tree will still be there. And we did that.’

you can’t go to the beach and not stand in the waves—it’s against the law you know

fully animated—gesturing wildly

haven’t actually finished unpacking yet, but I know, even when I have, it’s going to be depressing. You know why? Because it’s a single girl’s flat. Nothing against single girls, mind; it’s just that I’m not one of them. I might have moved out, but I’m still a fiancée. I’m ‘in a relationship’.

Give up on loving him, but don’t give up on love.

But just because they didn’t like him, they’re acting as if I shouldn’t either, and dismissing my pain. Do I have to wear a banner? ‘Warning! Heartbroken. May cry.’ But it’s not that they don’t see it; it’s just that they can’t help. I have to go through this by myself.