Holy shit! Where's a cell phone camera when you need one?
He looks at me with chocolate brown eyes that are so intense I swear they could hypnotize someone. You ready? he asks.For a nanosecond, as I’m staring into those dark eyes, I wonder what it would be l...
Every time I break out of what is expected of me and do what feels right, I feel stronger.
Do you want to know how your chemistry partner is holding up?I shake my head. Nope. Don’t care. The words almost get stuck in my throat.She sighs in frustration, then walks over to the window ledge an...
Do I make you nervous?His gaze travels from my eyes to my breasts and down to where my dress meets my thighs. In that dress you do.
Did we kiss last night?Yes.Well, it wasn't memorable because I have no recollection of it.He laughs. I was kiddin'. We didn't kiss. He leans in. When we kiss you'll remember it.Forever.
But now he stops hammering, his back still to me when he yells, Would you stop staring at me?
Bein' here with you . . . you've really got under my skin.You want to break the rule?He nods slowly. Yeah. Why? Because I’m tryin’ to push you away when all I want to do is hold you. I know you say yo...
At nine Megan calls to complain about Darlene. She thinks Darlene changed over the summer and now has a big ego because she’s dating a college guy. At nine thirty Darlene calls to say she suspects Meg...
All I wanted in this world was to be a mom.You regret it? I ask.Being a mom? Never. Seducing your father and making sure he didn’t use a condom, yes.I don’t want to hear this.Well, I’m gonna tell it t...
You know, I heard once that kissin’ reduces the fire.Is that your cheap way of telling me you want to kiss me?He looks into my eyes, his dark gaze capturing mine. , I always want to kiss you.I’m afrai...
You do realize she has a boyfriend. And she’s rich. And white. And wears designer clothes you’ll never be able to afford.Yeah, I know that. And I’m sick and tired of being reminded of it. I need your...
We’re actors in our lives, pretendin’ to be who we want people to think we are. So
Uh, Alex, Enrique laughs. There’s a trick-or-treater here to see you.
The first time I see him is during lunch. As I’m waiting in the cafeteria food line, Alex is two people in front of me. This girl, Nola Linn, is in between us. And she’s not moving down the line fast...
Tell me she doesn’t have her hand in his back pocket. That is so lame.I don’t care, I tell her, easing any worries she might have about me being upset. If they want to date, all the more power to them...
Standing in front of my bathroom mirror while music blares from my speakers, I wipe away the third crooked line I’ve drawn beneath my eye. My hands are shaking, damn it. Starting senior year of high s...
Sometimes things are better off forgotten.
Somehow, being with Brittany brings something to my life that's missing, something ... right.
Senior year is supposed to be a blast-easy and fun. So far it's been anything but.