It's not the length of the word; it's how well you use it!

Like I'm going to pass up an opportunity to smack your cousin.

Hang on, Pa, don't reach for yer shotgun just yet," I said, grinning over the protective streak I found funny, when there wasn't actually anything to shelterme from. "We were just circlin' the wagons, not having an orgy." My dad suddenly looked like he might be sick. "Please don't ever say that word again." "Wagons?

I held her tighter, just because I could. Because she was fierce, and beautiful, and mind.

If this had ever happened before, it couldn't be happening now. That's what they mean by 'once in a lifetime'.

Yeah. She wants him back and has decided I'm in her way. But I have news for that little sleep-terrorist--it's going to take more than a couple of bad dreams to scare me off, so I hope she has something bigger up her sleeve.

Great. I'm psychotic and sparkly.