No, baby, no, i whispered into her hair.She pushed her palms against my chest, then became a blur as she ran past. I'm sorry.
I reclaimed his lips and hooked a leg around his as we moved in rhythm with each other. In between frantic kisses, i whispered the words, I love you. Because i did. Noah listened to me. He made me lau...
—Estoy bien con el silencio, Beth. Aún estoy aquí en esta casa, en la habitación con demasiadas ventanas. Aún estoy expuesta, en carne viva y viviendo en el infierno. Pero tengo a Isaiah, y está soste...
I'm wrong. My house isn't a volcano-I am, and the past two years have created a dormant giant who no longer will tolerate being ignored. I'm tired of this. Tired of how everyone's become so obsessed w...
I think of the hundreds of lights dancing across the night sky. I knew you were watching. I know it sounds stupid, but I felt you with me, and then when you sent that letter describing that night... I...
Losing someone you love, it'd be similar to losing your home.
Taking what was the most raw and broken inside us and offering it to the other as a show of what we can’t heal on our own. It’s the most simple and heartbreaking of vulnerabilities...to admit that you...
I won't tell anyone, Echo. I promise. Noah tucked a curl behind my ear. It had been so long since someone touched me like he did. Why did it have to be Noah Hutchins? His dark brown eyes shifted to my...
Do you trust me?Of course I did. Trusted him to be the first boy to hold my hand. Trusted him to be the first boy I kissed. Trusted him to be the first for so many things.
I'm going to say this slowly and use little words in the hope you can follow along. If you call me Elisabeth again, I'll make sure you can never father children. Tell anyone else whose niece I am and...
He yanked off his shirt, revealing all of his six-pack glory.
The worst type of crying wasn’t the kind everyone could see—the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was...
When Beth struggles for words it means she's on the verge of saying something worth hearing. Her emotions confuse her. Maybe tonight, she'll finally find the courage to say the words I'm longing to he...
Home. I have no idea what that word really means.
I consider giving her crap about her lack of organizational skills, but decided not to. It took some major balls to be alone with a punk like me.
Not sure how this whole social media thing is supposed to be fun. It's like being back in elementary school and waiting to be picked for kickball.
When i said nothing, the best thing that happened to me in three years left. Damn, i was an idiot.
Yeah, I'm great. And I meant it. It's a small humongous realization: I'm always going to be scared of something-spiders, the dark, being on my own-but I don't have to let the fear be in control.
I stood as she straightened and snaked my arms around her, pulling her close to me, savoring the feel of every delicate curve. For three weeks, I spent my time convincing myself that our breakup was t...
Like you know anything about living. You never take a risk!I’m here, aren’t I?But not fully engaged. When the hell are you going to step outside of yourself and experience what’s going on around you?...
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