and in that instant, nothing else mattered. Not the song, not the place, not the other couples around him. Only this, only her.

I love you," he finally whispered. She leaned forward and touched his face. "I know. And I love you, too.

Spending time with you showed me what I’ve been missing in my life. The more time we spent together, the more I could imagine it lasting in the future. That’s never happened to me before, and I’m not sure it’ll ever happen again. I’ve never been in love with anyone before you came along — not real love anyway…not like this. And I’d be a fool if I let you slip away without a fight

She squeezed my hand, and I drew a shaky breath, marveling at the fact that while on an ordinary leave in an ordinary place, I'd somehow fallen in love with an extraordinary girl named Savannaah Lynn Curtis.

There are things that happen that change the course of people's lives, but it's a function of everybody's lives.

But a risk-free life wasn't much of a life, really, and if she was going to change, she might as well start now.

As far as I can tell, dumping soda on people is the equivalent of ‘Hi, it’s nice to meet you’ in this part of the world. Frankly, I think standard greetings work better, but what do I know?