XVI

I quit smoking almost directly after I started

I'm not sure why I began

but I do know why I quit

you

you'd always say

"Jacob, for god's sake, you're gonna die before you turn twenty-five"

we weren't together, no

but we did hang out a lot

I wanted to be a couple

so, when you remarked

"smoking is so unattractive"

I quit cold-turkey

we were dating by the next month