Now our father lived in a world where we didn’t belong, with a needy girlfriend who didn’t look much older than Henri, a saltwater pool in need of daily skimming, and a flashy Porsche that needed to be raced around the roads of wine country. Fortunately, we didn’t need him either–that’s what Henri said. Jessica Taylor
I'm oxygen and he's dying to breathe.
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Tahereh Mafi
What would you do if I kissed you right now?" I stared at his beautiful face and his beautiful mouth and I wanted nothing more than to taste it. "I would kiss you back.
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Michelle Hodkin
We could do it, you know."" What?"" Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it.
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Suzanne Collins
In my rush, I hadn’t tied my shoelaces. Noah was now tying them for me. He looked up at me through his dark fringe of lashes and smiled. The expression on his face melted me completely. I knew I had the goofiest grin plastered on...
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Michelle Hodkin
But even when I stop crying, even when we fall asleep and I'm nestled in his arms, this will leave another scar. No one will see it. No one will know. But it will be there. And eventually all of the scars will have scars,...
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Amanda Grace
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Henri said our names were fitting because we were destined to be together in our old age, like our great-great-aunts. Two gray old ladies in the bodies of teenage girls. Someday we’d live in a big house with faded curtains, a dozen or so cats,...
Henri held herself as if only her arms could keep her pieced together, and I saw that behind all her fake control–throwing herself at a teacher, carving our dad out of her heart–was something fragile. I wish we’d seen it sooner–my dad and Mr. Flynn,...
She ran a streak of foundation under each eye, highlighter down the bridge of her nose, and bronzer beneath each cheekbone–a layer of armor before battle. Because that’s what these parties were to her, a war on all the heartbreaking boys in the San Francisco...
Now our father lived in a world where we didn’t belong, with a needy girlfriend who didn’t look much older than Henri, a saltwater pool in need of daily skimming, and a flashy Porsche that needed to be raced around the roads of wine country....
Nobody could hold the same place in your heart as your sister. Love or hate her, she was the only person who grew up exactly like you, who knew the secrets of your household–the laughter that only the walls of your house contained or the...
