I steeled myself to focus only on the present yet remain alert to what might come next.

There's no love like the first.

I'm not sure anyone's life turns out exactly the way they imagine. All we can do is to try to make the best of it. Even when it seems impossible.

Love is Love no matter old you are, and I knew if I gave you enough time, you'd come back to me.

What? You don't think he's cute?" "I didn't really notice." "How can you not notice when a guy is cute?" Melody stared at her in disbelief.

in all the years we spend together, I never once regretted the fact that I had chosen her and that she had chosen me as well.

Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable, but her story and mine are different now. It wasn't easy for me to accept this simple truth, because there was a time when our stories were the same, but that was six years and two lifetimes ago.