It was weird the way you could be friends with someone but not really know the ugly parts of their lives. We all had our secrets, I supposed.

It doesn't matter if it's the real world or fictional," I insisted. "Crushes are the best part of liking someone, and they are completely safe. You get all the benefits of fantasising about someone, but none of the he-loves-me-he-loves-me-not drama. It's all the good parts with none of the parts that make you lie awake at night all angsty.

It's just...how do I put this? Maybe it's just hard for me to imagine turning down something that's so much harder for someone like me to find.

I keep hearing that being a geek is cool now, but I'm not sure the rest of the world has gotten the memo

This secret-keeping business was not for me.