I wasn't very happy in high school: it was a confusing and sort of sad time for me.

Only a real asshole takes liberties with someone else's car stereo. That's serious.

And I felt a sudden whirl in my head, knowing this leap was inevitable, that I wasn't just standing on the cliff, toes poking over, but already in mid-air.

Fine...a word that you said when someone asked how you were but didn't really care to know the truth.

See, Colie, it's all about understanding. We're all worth something.

If he'd been any other boy, and this was any other world, I would have kissed him. Nothing could have stopped me.

Because you have to just go with the flow. Your life is not your own, with people coming in and out all the time. You get mellow because you have to.