So how did you think about him?” Rachel asks. Hallelujah shrugs. “We were friends. Good friends. He knew–knows–a lot about me. I guess I know a lot about him. Stuff he likes and doesn’t like.” Rachel looks skeptical. “And yet you never knew he liked you.”“ No! I mean–when Jonah and I were friends, I liked Luke. So maybe I missed some signs.”“ So you just . hung out? Platonically?”“Yeah. I guess.” Hallelujah thinks about how to explain it. How to distill a friendship down to its most basic components. “We had choir together last year. We talked. For kind of the first time, even though we’d been in church and school together since fourth grade.”“ And, what, you found out you had so much in common?”“ Actually, no. But we started comparing music we liked, and a month into ninth grade, Jonah made me this mix of songs. Based on what we’d talked about. So then I made him a mix. And it grew from there. We’d go to each other’s houses, watch movies, listen to music, that kind of thing. Hanging out.”“ So tell me about Jonah. Something only you know.”“ Um. He’d probably deny it, but he got really into the Harry Potter books. Like, really into them. I loaned him my box set last spring. He got so mad at me for not warning him how Book Six ends.” Rachel laughs. “He didn’t see the movies?”“ No. But I told him we couldn’t watch them until he’d finished the books. Kathryn Holmes
About This Quote

If you are in a relationship, it can be helpful to know what your partner likes and dislikes. It is also important to remember that not everyone is going to like the same things, especially if they are different in many ways. One of the most important things to remember in this regard is that when your partner loves something, they will often love it with all their heart. This does not mean they will not have any reservations about it, but they will love it more than anything else in the world.

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