I'll never let it happen. I'll do everything in my power to keep my sister at home.I don't want to have a civilized discussion. My parents want to send my sister to a facility behind my back and my he...
Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier.
Do I hear a challenge? she whispers, Oh, Carlos. You know I can’t resist a challenge.
Brit: What's your major?Alex: Chemistry. And yours?Brit: Chemistry. Kiss me so we can see if we still have it. 'Cause you own my heart, my soul, and everything else in between.
Trust me, he whispers against my lips. Maggie, you're my paradise.
K,the lady at the store said yellow means friendship and red means love. The rosary is the only thing I own that has value to me. It's yours. I'm yoursC.
You’re not the only one in this relationship who loves achallenge, he says. And just so you know for the future, I like my double-chocolate chipcookies warm and soft in the middle . . . and without ma...
Where's Shelley? I ask, scanning the room.Playing checkers, as usual, Georgia says, pointing to the corner. Shelley isn't facing me, but I recognize the back of her head and her wheelchair.She's squea...
With someone you like that much, the lows are as low as the highs are high. Does that make sense?'
Want to get in trouble with me, Carlos?
How's that sister of yours? I ask, changing the subject.She's waiting to beat you again at checkers.Is that right? Well, tell her I was goin easy on her. I was tryin' to impress you.By losing?I shrug....
He opens his window and motions for me to open mine. When I do, he tries to say something. His voice barely carries through the sound of the rain coming down hard between us.I lean out the car window....
A garter. You’re supposed to take it off and keep it as a memento. K-k-kinda like a trophyfor going far sexually with a girl. It’s stupid, really. And kind of d-d-degrading if I think aboutit too m-m-...
Why shouldn't I be introspective? We dont' make sense.Neither do Chocolate and Peanut Butter, but it somehow works. He says Somehow the mixture of two things is genius.
That’s not the only reason I’m stayin’, chica. I can’t leave you any more than I could walkout that door right now while my leg is busted up. I was just thinkin’ . . . should we tell yourparents now o...
Nobody really knows herExcept the chosen fewHer secrets are kept hiddenBehind that sun-kissed hue.If I reach out to touch herShe’ll just run awayMy Forever and AlwaysWill have to wait another day.
You know those giant stuffed-animal prizes at the carnival? The kind practically nobody wins, except the lucky few? I've never won one.Yeah. I've never won one, either.Alex was my giant prize. I hated...
Paco Fuentes, Mrs. Peterson says, pointing to the table behind Mary.The handsome young man with pale blue eyes like his mother's and smoky black hair like his father's takes his assigned seat.Mrs. Pet...
He has no clue that I have the patience of a saint. At least that's what Carlos says, although that isn't saying much, considering his fuse is about as short as an eyelash.
Want some? he asks, pointing to his dinner.Maybe eating will calm my nerves. What is it?Enchiladas. makes kick-ass enchiladas. He stabs a small portion with a fork and holds it out to me. If you're n...