"I think I finally get it."

"Get what?" There was something about the look in his eyes, the confidence, the surety, that had me swallowing hard.

"You." And as he smiled, it was almost smug. "I get you, Oz. You're a little, Aren't you?"

If only I had known at the time just how much those few little words were going to change my life.

The Little Of Oz Series

He was making it soooo freaking hard to keep this secret when he did things like that, things that made my body feel funny.

/"You two,/" Isaac said, pointing at us one after the other. /"Are just as strange as each other, sometimes./"

/"Awe, Odd Bod, I think he just called us awesome./"

I was sad when they left, but Isaac had made me dinner before they went, microwave pizza and oven fries, and once they were gone, Milo and I helped ourselves to dessert. He had a banana, because he really loved them, for some odd reason, and I had ice cream. We watched Blues Clues and My Little Pony until I started getting scared. Then I raided the fridge for smoothies and hid away in my room.

It turned out that I was braver than I thought.

When My Daddy told me to do something, I usually did it. I abided by his requests and fell into step with the routine he had put into place. I never thought I would ever disobey.

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