Every age holds some secrets and unique traits, but 20 is particularly fascinating to me.
It's kind of a netherworld between the teen years and adulthood. I had a line in "Stay Awhile" where Fair talks about turning 20 in a matter of days. She says to Gomery "When you're 18 or 19, you're the elder of the youths, but when you turn 20 you're suddenly the little kid of the grown-up world."
That line got cut, but the sentiment is still there. When you turn 20, there's kind of a more profound shift, if not in behavior, then in thinking. You'll never be a teenager again, unless you live to 113.
And if you've missed out on some classic teenage experiences, as Fair Finley has, that can be a little discombobulating and bittersweet.
Fair asks Gomery, who will soon turn 21 in the books, how 20 has been for him. His answer? "Can't complain. It's been pretty fair."
Oh criminy. You know I can't help myself.
