• She holds out two toothbrushes, one blue and one purple. "Got a preference?"
• "Zoe... You know I'm a lesbian, right?"
• "I was talking about the toothbrushes," she says. 
• "I know." I run my hands through my ridiculous, spiky hair. "I just I don't want you to think I'm hiding anything." 
• She sits down across from me on her own bed. "I'm a Pisces."
• "What difference does that make?"
• "What difference does it make to me if you're gay?" Zoe says. 
• I let out the breath I didn't realize I have been holding. "Thanks."
• Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult