"If it makes you feel any better, I've been on your side of things, too," I say with a shrug. Which means I know how much it can suck, really, but some good's come out of it. Jessica's still around, at least, and while my thoughts on having a teenage girl clone from another universe seem to depend on my mood, I guess I'd count her as more of a positive than a negative at the end of the day.

"I got this cousin... Anyway, point is, I like you better than my guy because I actually kinda know you."