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“Do you care?" I ask. "Do you care that I have no skirt?" "At the moment, Tori, no. It's in the airing cupboard. It's just a bit crinkled." "Yeah, I found it. It's supposed to be a pleated skirt, Mum. Currently, there are no pleats." "Tori. I'm really busy." "But I don't have a skirt to wear to school." "Wear your other skirt then, for Christ's sake!" "I literally just told you, it's too sma-" "Tori! I really don't care!" O stop talking. I look at her. I wonder if I'll end up like her. Not caring whether my daughter has a skirt to wear to school.” — Alice Oseman
Do you care?" I ask. "Do you care that I have no skirt?"
"At the moment, Tori, no. It's in the airing cupboard. It's just a bit crinkled."
"Yeah, I found it. It's supposed to be a pleated skirt, Mum. Currently, there are no pleats."
"Tori. I'm really busy."
"But I don't have a skirt to wear to school."
"Wear your other skirt then, for Christ's sake!"
"I literally just told you, it's too sma-"
"Tori! I really don't care!"
O stop talking. I look at her.
I wonder if I'll end up like her. Not caring whether my daughter has a skirt to wear to school.