Every Last Word

Samantha arrives at Sue’s office for her weekly Wednesday therapy meeting in a fantastic mood. She has big news for Sue that week: “I’ve been eagerly awaiting our session and I can’t wait to see the expression on her face when I tell her what I’ve decided to do” (247).

Samantha begins by telling Sue that her week is going well. The Crazy Eights are being nice to her, and she is excited that things with her and AJ are going well. Samantha’s big news is that she and AJ are going to make their relationship public—the very thought of telling the Crazy Eights and the rest of Poet’s Corner makes her “giddy” (249). However, the prospect of telling everyone about their relationship, as excited as it makes her feel, it also makes her nervous. She is worried that the others, especially the Crazy Eights, will not see AJ as the wonderful, incredible human being that he is.

Sue asks Samantha if AJ knows about her OCD, to which Samantha replies: “‘Of course not. The second he finds out, I cease to be normal. He makes me feel normal” (251).