He was still a douchecanoe. The douchecanoe who was going to paddle me to safety.

No matter what happened, he was Dex and I was Perry and that combination only led to trouble.

And what is I was only supposed to burn for a certain amount of time?" I whispered. "What if I was only meant to shine for a while?"

"Then you truly don't know what stars are meant to do."

I looked at him in wonder.

"They are meant to give us hope in the face of infinity".

Fucking Little Fifteen Ada Palomino throwing change at a hotdog vendor and trying to catch up with Maximus, all long limbs and bad eye makeup. What the actual fuck?

Dex was many wonderful things but he wasn’t perfect – he was his own greatest enemy.

We were Dex and Perry and our relationship seemed to thrive on the universe being out of order. Either that or our relationship actually caused the world to turn upside down. It was hard to say.