Sometimes you should have something you don't need but that you want.
So, Cameron, Steph continued, auditions for the school play are next week. You should come. We need more males of the species to try out.Not my thing, Cameron said.okay, so you don't want to be onstag...
Other memories stick, no matter how much you wish they wouldn’t. They’re like a song you hate but can’t ever get completely out of your head, and this song becomes the background noise of your entire...
It makes me think of Lazarus. He must have had those shadows after his miracle. You don't spend time in the tomb without it changing you, and everyone who was waiting for you to come out.
I won't drink at the party, he said quickly. If you don't want me to, I won't. I swear it right now. My hand is on a stack of Bibles.I paused. That's very chivalrous.Chivalrous would be my middle name...
Ethan couldn’t possibly understand it, what Cameron and I meant to each other and how different it was from anything like a romance or a crush.
Ethan and I are done, I said finally.I'm sorry.He was my first boyfriend.I know.The only real boyfriend I've had. I'm a senior in high school and he was my only real boyfriend.I know.And I won't find...
Does all this have anything to do with Cameron coming back?Basically.She didn't put any letters down. Our game had effectively stopped. I know you might think you want to be with Cameron that way, she...
Why did you come back to Salt Lake? I knew the answer before I asked the question and he knew I knew, and it was like you could see the shadow of it hanging there between us.I needed to see you, he fi...
When do you think you're leaving? I asked.I don't know. Probably soon. Got what I came here for.Even though we didn't go back to your old house?That was only part of it, he said. Not the main thing.A...
When Dad & I used to tell each other to try a little tenderness we meant calm down, be soft, stop having to be right, give a person the benefit of the doubt for a change.
Only, don`t mistake a new place for a new you. I`ve done that more than once. You asked me before why I stay here. Maybe that`s why, he said, now that I think about it. Might as well deal with myself...
Her door is cracked only a tiny bit, and her room is dark. Through the crack I can see her legs on the bed and hear her crying. Not like the big sobbing you do when something tragic and unexpected hap...
But as I get older I think – can it really be love if we don’t talk that much, don’t see each other? Isn’t love something that happens between people who spend time together and know each other’s faul...
At least you know what you want. I don't know what I want. Then he was quiet for a long time. We were almost home before he said, Just want to be with you. Like this.My heart sped up. I made a joke. T...
Story of a Girl By:Sara Zarr*Lexile:760 SRC:12 pts.*Personal Issues*Choice of getting a job to move out*Major Choice*In Process of making it happen*It effects her bother his girlfriend and their baby,...
Why do you want to come in?'Because I'm lonely, I think. Why does anyone ever want to be with another person?
These days with Dylan – when we're together – it's more friendly and cozy than romantic and exciting, but it still soothes me. Isn't that more caring about myself, though, than loving him? Shouldn't l...
There are things I want to remember about Cameron Quick that I can't entirely, like the pajamas he wore when he used to sleep over, and his favorite cereal, or how it felt to hold his hand as we walke...
Ethan didn't know anything about the fat girl, the Cootie Twin, the loner and reject. The only person who had ever picked Jennifer Harris was Cameron Quick, and sometimes when I was with Ethan I felt...