When it all comes down to it, it’s just me and her against the world. Always has been.

When he inches into me, I feel the pain, but I also feel the invisible chains around my wrists break and shatter.

It's amazing how the things you remember forever are the things you'd rather forget and the things you desperately want to grasp onto seem to slip away like sand in the wind.

Always ask for the truth. Just make sure the time is right.

Seize the day, take hold of it, and make it whatever you want.

Okay, I'm going to be completely honest here." I take a deep breath, because what I'm about to say is very real and more honest than I've ever been. "I don't want to be awayfrom you for that long.

The vertical lines that run down his forearms are the most disturbing, thick and jagged as if someone took a razor to his skin. I wish I could run my fingers along them and remove the pain and memories that are attached to them.