Unfriended by Rachel Vail

Word #1: Prickly: (of a person) ready to take offense.

eBook has no page #s. "She's prickly and demanding, sure, but she's very loving, down deep."

My: I've never met someone so prickly before; it's as if anything I say cuts her deep.

Word #2 Warbling: (of a bird) sing softly and with a succession of constantly changing notes.

"I suggest, trying to pretend I didn't really care either way, chewing my gum hard to cover the worried warbling in my voice."

My: The birds warbled along with me as I hummed the national anthem.

Word #3: Flutter: showing nervousness or excitement

"She's mad at me and then suddenly she's all not because she's all fluttery and, like pressing up next to me, and then boom I don't know..."

My: I felt an odd sensation, almost fluttery as I went up to confess to my mom.

Word #4 Binge: excessive indulgence in anything

"Find a new series to binge on."

My: I binged on the potato chips, eating the whole bag.

Word #5 Custodial: Of or relating to the work of guarding or maintaining.

"There's... stairwell."
My: I could not hazard the money I won from the raffle in this game of chance.

Word #7: Spoiled: To harm the character of (a child) by overindulgence or leniency.

"She says I am spoiled a lot, mostly whenever she is in a fight with her mother, but she has never said any of those other mean things..."

My: Claire is so spoiled; she gets whatever she wants!

Word 8: Neurotypical: (NT) is a term coined in the autistic community as a label for people who are not on the autism spectrum.

"My brother and sister both have learning challenges that neurotypical people don't always understand though."

My: Neurotypicals should be honest and say what's really on their minds.

Word #9 Prospect: the outlook for the future.

"I didn't want my only new-friend prospect to know how babyish…