You know something?" He lifted his head, and when he turned to me, he had this strange look in his eyes. Almost as if he was really seeing me for the first time. "I don't think I ever really lived until this. I've never done anything that mattered before, but now I'm fighting to save my life, and yours. And I know it sounds really cheesy and lame, but I don't think I ever really felt alive. Not until I met you.
Amanda HockingSometimes it seems to me that thatโs all my life has been, a series of things that I loved deeply that I could never have.
Amanda HockingThe desperation was coming off you in waves. You were all but begging to dance with me. I am doing you a favor.
Amanda HockingHe hadnโt been peeping intentionally; heโd been trying to sneak into my room. So that was slightly less creepy, I supposed.
Amanda Hocking