Someone Like You, one best friend's advice to the otherBy: Sarah Dessen
...it isn’t that big of a deal. It’s just what, you know, you do.” “Halley.” She shook her head. “This isn’t about him. It’s about you. You shouldn’t do anything you’re not ready for”(p.186). That piece of advice by far is the best you’ve ever given me, and that’s saying a lot because you help me with everything. When I made plans that New Year’s Eve with Macon, somehow you knew I’d back out of it and not sleep with him. But even still you prepared me for it. “Take these,” Scarlett said as she’d shoved at least ten in little blue wrappers into my hands. “Just take them, better to be safe than sorry,” she said as she patted her stomach (p.220). You knew that in order for me to learn the right thing was to let me realize it on my own no matter how close I got to sleeping with him. Your pregnancy had such a strong impact on my life. You slept with Michael because you were scared of what he’d think of you. You weren’t thinking about yourself as you slept with him that summer night. Yes, I wanted to show my own boyfriend, Macon, how much I loved him, but I didn’t want to do it just because he wanted me to. “Halley, I’m into being patient and waiting and all, but it’s been almost three months now,” Macon said, his voice low. “That’s not that long,” I said. “It is to me.” I had a sudden flash, out of nowhere, that he had done this before. “Just think about it, okay? We’ll be careful, I promise.” Because of you I was capable of telling Macon I wasn’t ready to sleep with him, which, in the long run made me a better person. You were right all along about Macon. ...