I would love to say how nice it is to see you again, but that would be a lie. And I am nothing if not honest.

And you can look up just about anything, even dirty pictures. Every now and again, the dirtiest pictures you ever saw would pop up on the screen. Imagine!

Wait, I got it. We, uh, won the battle and lost the war, or was it the other way around? 'Cause around here, it's hard to tell sometimes.

Those were the 'ifs' that kept me from making a fool of myself.

Some things are private, Ethan. Even for grown-ups.

we love what we love and who we love who we love and why we love why we love and find a falling shoelace knotted and strung between the fingers of strangers

I hadn't fallen through his arms. He was ripped from mine.