You’re a sad little hermit, and it creeps me out.

There’s no such thing as handsome princes, she told herself. There’s no such thing as happily ever after.

Knowing they were in the same city again made the missing him flare up inside her. In her stomach. Why were people always going on and on about the heart? Almost everything Levi happened in Cath’s stomach.

Smiling is confusing, she thought. This is why I don’t do it.

All of her bones seemed more purposeful than other people’s. Like they weren’t just there to hold her up, they were there to make a point.

She bent her neck back and kissed him like she never had before. Like she wasn't scared of doing it wrong.

I'm fine," [her dad] said gently. "Back on the horse, Cath.' 'What's the horse?' she sighed, watching him pull on a South High hoodie. 'Jogging? Working too much?' 'Living,' he said, a little too loud. 'Life's the horse.