Gossip is one thing, hurtful gossip is completely another, and even in high school we weren't THAT mean.

It was inevitable, of course, but somehow it didn't seem right to Alex that they would never remember the sound of Carly's laughter, or know how deeply she'd once loved them.

He wasn't into one-night stands, he wasn't into scoring just to see if he could, he wasn't into acting just charming enough to get what he wanted before cutting loose in favor of someone new and attractive. He just wasn't like that. He would never be like that. When he met a girl, the first question he asked himself wasn't whether she was good for a few dates; it was whether she was the kind of girl he could imagine spending time with in the long haul.

After all, if there is a heaven, we will find each other again, for there is no heaven without you.

because it was then, as he held her in his unwavering gaze, that she knew she was in love with him as well.

You feel fine, and then, when your body can't keep fighting, you don't.

Hardships drive some people apart. Others, like us, grow even closer.