Even if I had stayed she wouldn't have ever wanted me. She didn't want me for anything more than a summer fling. I was a way of moving on for her.

The fact I want...no, I need for us to be exclusive until we part ways when we head off to college

He seems like a man who knows what he wants, and the problem is he wants what I want.

In the screwed-up life I’d been dealt, she was my only source of comfort.

No excuses; those were just weak.

I'll be whatever you allow me to be, Blaire. Just don't shut me out again. Please.

Things worth having don't come easy," Woods said. "You have to fight for it until you're tired of fighting, and then you take a breather and fight some more." He squeezed my shoulder. "Don't give up. You'll regret it.