The choices you make now, the people you surround yourself with, they all have the potential to affect your life, even who you are, forever.

I hoped this was true. Even if it wasn‟t, all I could do was hand over what I could, with the hope of something in return. But of course, this was easier said than done.

Like a blinking cursor on an empty page, it was just the first thing. The beginning of the beginning. But at least it was done.

You know the minute you stop thinking about it, it'll happen.

You want to take me to a movie?" I asked. "Well, not really," he said. "What I really want is for you to be my girlfriend. But I thought saying that might scare you off.

"You ready to play?" Dave asked, bouncing it. "I don't know," I said. "Are you going to cheat?" "It's street ball!" He said checking it to me. "Show me that love." So chessy, i thought. But as i felt it, solid against my hands, i did feel something. I wasn't sure it was love. Maybe what remained of it, though, whatever that might be. "All right," I said. "Let's play."

D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Austin... and you. I'll be there soon.