Everything a Girl I Like Stole from CVS in Her Twenties
Silver nail polish (Essie and Sally Hansen)
Forty-five 8.4-oz. Red Bulls
Nude lipstick
Clear lip gloss
Strawberry- and s’mores-flavored Pop-Tarts
Acne cream
CeraVe face wash (travel size)
Hair ties
Sewing needles
A ten-pack of ballpoint pens
Allegra allergy medicine (in the summer)
A toothbrush
Pink hair dye
Scissors
Scrunchies
Eyeshadow (that she never used)
Monistat
Composition notebooks
Shampoo
and tweezers
Everything a Girl I Like Licked as a Kid
AAA batteries
A linoleum floor
A cold car window
Nickels
The tips of glue sticks
Hardened Play-Doh
Perfume ads in fashion magazines
The television screen
The remote
Gum from the bottom of her classmate’s shoe
A T. J. Maxx gift card
An iPod Shuffle
Computer keyboards
The blades of a handheld fan
Colored construction paper
Her friend Gracie’s metal bed frame
Ice cubes
The tips of ballpoint pens
Her best friend’s hardwood floors
Scratch-and-sniff stickers
Her science textbook
The slime from science class
and paint chips from Home Depot
Every Medication Taken by a Girl I Like in Her Twenties
Concerta
Vyvanse
Focalin
Valium
Ativan
Lexapro
Zoloft
Abilify
Claritin
Zyrtec
Allegra
Ibuprofen
and Tums
Everything a Girl I Like Did in Bed at Twenty-three
Cuddled her stuffed animals
Daydreamed about being interviewed on late-night television
Took phone calls
Applied for jobs
Watched YouTube
Made TikToks
Wrote a novel
Painted her nails
Worried about the possibility of her hair falling out
Overheated (in the summer)
Touched herself
Ate lunch
Ate dinner
Slept
Had nightmares
and called me ♦