You might want to get up," he said. "Everyone will be here quite soon to rescue you, and you may prefer to have clothes on when they arrive." He shrugged. "I would, at any rate, but then, I am well known to be remarkably shy.

Don't sulk. For someone with all the grace and coordination of a pregnant wildebeest, you did great.

I care about you," Simon said. "I always cared about you.

unrequitted love amuses me

He found himself wanting to write poetry about how her blue eyes were like starlight and her hair like night, because "night" and "starlight" rhymed, but he had a feeling the poem wouldn't turn out that well.

Tessa, surprising herself, let out a gasp of laughter. Will looked at her, his mouth just beginning to quirk up in a grin. "I must be more amusing than I thought. Which would make me very amusing indeed.

Magnus, you were trying to flirt with your own plate." "I'm a very open-minded sort of fellow!