"You don't have to do anything you don't want to," Caleb reassured. If she wanted to skip from her practically non-existent state of adolescence to adulthood, no one would stop her.
"I'm fairly certain it would be easier on us all if you wanted to skip your teenage phase entirely."
Actually it's been a lot of packing and dust making my eyes water/nose stuffy.
"I'm fairly certain it would be easier on us all if you wanted to skip your teenage phase entirely."