““We were eating lunch when a chicken walked out of the woods. “Anna, look behind you.” She turned around. “What the heck?” We watched as the chicken came closer. It pecked the ground, not in any kind of hurry. “There was one more after all,” I said. “Yeah, the stupid one,” Anna pointed out. “Although it’s the last one standing, so it’s done something right.” It came right up to Anna and she said, “Oh, hi. Do you not know what we did to the rest of your kind?””
![“[T.J.] Without thinking, I held them out to her. She stopped laughing, and looked at me like she wasn't quite sure what I meant. I waited, and she leaned toward me and opened her mouth. I slid my fingers inside, wondering if my eyes were as big as hers. When she sucked the breadfruit off, my…” quote by Tracey Garvis-Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/58d/tracey-garvis-graves-14585_love_t-j-without-thinking-i-held-them-out-to_48281.jpg)
![“[T.J.] I kissed her as soon as we were inside her apartment, and I wasn’t gentle about it, holding her face firmly in my hands and pressing my lips hard against hers. She wasn’t anyone’s to own – I knew that – but right then she was mine.” quote by Tracey Garvis-Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8dc/tracey-garvis-graves-14585_quote_t-j-i-kissed-her-as-soon-as-we-were-insi_87615.jpg)
