You are not the world, but you are everything that makes the world good.

Need someone to talk to? I could tug my ear right now.

Try patting them on the back or shoulder and telling them everything is going to be fine. Lots of times when girls cry, they don't want you to fix the problem, they just want to be consoled.

I curled closer to May, comforted by her warmth.

So he enjoys a girl who stands up to him," Dad said once we all calmed down. "I like him more already.

I should have known that if any girl was going to disobey an order, it would be you.

I felt the little beads of sweat pooling on my temple. Sit here and look nice...I could do that. But answer questions? I knew I wasn't going to win this little game; that wasn't the issue. I just really, really didn't want to look like a moron in front of the entire country.