Does this have anything to do with the unit we’re studying? Because I can’t find anything about desired characteristics of a mate anywhere in our text.

And anyway, the first three letters in the word diet should tell you what I want it to do.

The truth is, normal might take years. Normal might never happen. But it’s definitely not going to happen if I lounge around here watching soaps and avoiding life. I’m going to school today, end of story.

A girl could lather up in soap like that.

I hung my fingertips on his waistband, tugging him closer. Patch buried his face in the curve of my shoulder, his hands flexing over my back. He gave a low groan. "I love you," he murmured into my hair. "I'm happier right now than I ever remember being.

I wondered why life had to suck so hard sometimes.

I couldn't stand here, hanging on, when the very thing I held disappeared more with each passing day.