On one of his visits to the takeaway shop, Kunta brought a hand held video camera. “Smile,” he said to Natalie first, aiming the lens at her. Natalie, ever agreeable, grinned into the camera. When he turned to Tsitsi, she held her hand in front of her. “Stop that,” she told him. “Don't be a killjoy.” He brought the camera closer to her. The only thing dividing them was the long and curved counter top. “I'm serious,” she said. He scoffed but turned the camera from her to th

If I could decide again, I would do everything exactly the same way. I would embarrass myself in front of you and your friends all over again. Everyone in that hall knew I was being silly when I grabbed your gaze with my fingernails as it swept across the walls around me. How bored must you have been to start staring at me? In high heels and bright lipstick, I was hiding in the corner of the gym. I’d tear my stomach apart with hope all over again if it meant I could talk

Cora Reinhart desperately wished her girlfriend Ryan McIntosh was seated next to her in the backseat, their thighs pressed together thanks to their short cheer skirts. But Ryan was in the front seat tonight as their friend Stella drove them and two other cheer friends back to Stella’s house after a party. Cora and Ryan had only been dating for six months, but Cora was so in love with her, it felt like heaven every time they were together. Pop music blasted from the car s