It was then that I realized that the reason Bryce, the real Bryce was so beautiful was that I had wished her outside matched her inside. She blushed slightly and began. "One thing about being someone like me, hiding stuff, is that you get good at noticing what other people are hiding. Like, I saw how you look at girls when you thought no one was looking." Goddess, I thought, was I that obvious?
Bryce continued. "And there are so many people who are afraid to be who they are. Because of their parents, because of their peers, because they're afraid of getting beaten up. Could you make everyone here, at this party, as open about who they are as you made me open about being a girl or you made you open about being into girls? Can everybody just be who they are and be happy for once? As long as they don't hurt anyone else unduly."
"Granted."