I don’t have a bathin’ suit, I tell them.Don’t worry, Brittany says. Doug probably has one in the pool house you can wear.In the pool house, Doug looks through a drawer searching for suits.There’s onl...
I don't want to point out her flaws, but if I see her going on a self-destructive path, isn't it up to me as her friend to stop her?
Gettin' near the fire, chica, doesn't necessarily mmean you'll get burned.
From the moment I told her about my dad, it was as if her whole body sighed in relief. As if someone else’s misery comforted her, made her feel as if she wasn’t alone.
El deseo por abalanzarme sobre sus brazos y sentir su calor rodeándome es tan poderoso que me pregunto si es médicamente posible sentir una adicción semejante por Otro ser humano. -Brit
Don't they give you happy pills in thisplace?
Do you want to drive back? I don’t know the way.I drive her back in comfortable silence while the sun sets. Our truce brings me closer to my goals: graduating, the bet…and something else I’m not ready...
Do you play football?' Brandon asks. 'No.' 'Baseball?' 'Nope.' Brandon is on a roll and won't stop until he's found the answer he's looking for. 'Tennis?' 'That would be a nada' 'Then what sport do yo...
Do you ever think about makin’ love to me? He slides off a sock before I even answer his question.Yes, she answers. Do you think about making love with me?I lie awake most nights, fantasizing about sl...
Come inside and we’ll talk, she says, opening my car door. I’m freezing my butt off here. Oh, why don’t the Chicago summers last longer?Inside, I take off my shoes so I won’t wake up her parents.Don’t...
Come here, I say softly when I park in the auto body’s back lot.She leans over the middle console, closing the distance between us. I had an amazing time, she whispers. Well, besides when I hid in the...
Brittany’s tongue snakes out to wet her perfect heart-shaped lips, which are now shiny and oh, so inviting.Don’t tease me like that, I groan, my lips inches from hers.Her books hit the carpet. Her eye...
Brittany, I love hangin’ with you. Shit, when I get to school I scan the halls lookin’ for you. As soon as I catch sight of those angelic streaks of sunshine, I say, fingering her hair, I know I can m...
Brittany flew out of school today, following Burro Face. Before I left I saw them together in an intimate conversation by the back field. She picked him over me, which really shouldn’t surprise me. Wh...
Brittany and I don't date other people.Why not?It's called being boyfriend and girlfriend.
Because I'm tryin' to push you away when all I want to do is hold you. I know you say you don't want a hero, but damn I'd like to be that guy who'll save you from spiders and whatever and whoever else...
A summer apart changes people.s
Some things aren't measured by their size, but by their importance.
There's no rule book or game plan when it comes to the grim realities of our lives.
You think I’ve got a big ego and an attitude problem?-I don’t think you do, Carlos. I know it. Unfortunately, it’s a Fuentes flaw.-I’d call it an asset. It’s what makes us Fuentes brothers irresistibl...