Seth moved behind me, his presence steady and reassuring. Waiting to catch me, even though I refused to fall just yet.

I had no reason to get all goofy, just because the man was too good-looking for his own good.

I’m still here, still in love with you, and care about you more than any other guy ever will." -Adrian-

What's going on?" he asked, looking from face to face. "I was having a good dream." "I need you," said Lissa. "I hear that from women a lot," said Adrian. Christian made a gagging sound, but the faintest glimmer of a smile crossed Eddie's lips, despite his otherwise tough guardian-stance.

Well...I'm on birth control" I was drinking the water again and choked on it. It took several moments of coughing before I could gasp out. "What?" "It takes a while for it to start working, so I figured I should be prepared, just in case." "Just in case," I repeated, still dumbfounded.

All we can go on is what we think, how we see the world. If you can't trust your own mind what can you trust?

Smiling, I cut across the quadrangle toward the commons. I felt better about life than I had in a very long time. We could do this, Lissa and me. We could do this together.