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Derek McGuiness
Frank and Marginny Granderson’s daughter, Aggie’s sister, and Ben’s girlfriend. Cayenne dates Ben, but she initially has a crush on Roo. On Cayenne and Ben’s one year anniversary, she begs Ben to tell her a secret, so she will know that he really loves her. As a result, Ben tells Cayenne that Poppy is transgender.
Cayenne Quotes in This Is How It Always Is
The This Is How It Always Is quotes below are all either spoken by Cayenne or refer to Cayenne. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part II: Fifty-Fifty
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“We couldn't be best friends.” Aggie flung her arm across her eyes. “If your parents didn't beat the fifty-fifty and you were a boy, it would be the worst thing ever.”
Poppy opened her mouth, and everyone waited. Roo looked at his feet. Ben looked at his feet. Rigel and Orion looked at each other's feet. Cayenne narrowed her eyes at all of them. But Poppy swallowed and agreed wholeheartedly: “It would be the worst thing ever.”
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Part II: Fire
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Ben was a smart guy, yes, with an off-the-charts IQ and a double-stacked bookcase, but he was still sixteen. And he'd been patient for a very long time. That and he saw something his parents did not, which was that when something was this significant, this consequential, you didn’t keep it from someone you loved, even if that someone was Cayenne Granderson.
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Cayenne Quotes in This Is How It Always Is
The This Is How It Always Is quotes below are all either spoken by Cayenne or refer to Cayenne. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part II: Fifty-Fifty
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“We couldn't be best friends.” Aggie flung her arm across her eyes. “If your parents didn't beat the fifty-fifty and you were a boy, it would be the worst thing ever.”
Poppy opened her mouth, and everyone waited. Roo looked at his feet. Ben looked at his feet. Rigel and Orion looked at each other's feet. Cayenne narrowed her eyes at all of them. But Poppy swallowed and agreed wholeheartedly: “It would be the worst thing ever.”
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Part II: Fire
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Ben was a smart guy, yes, with an off-the-charts IQ and a double-stacked bookcase, but he was still sixteen. And he'd been patient for a very long time. That and he saw something his parents did not, which was that when something was this significant, this consequential, you didn’t keep it from someone you loved, even if that someone was Cayenne Granderson.
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