But as was so often the case, it was the one person missing who you thought about more than the ones who were right in front of you.

So this had been all I wanted, a boy who understood how I felt. Now, though, I sometimes wished for more.

This was just one night, one chance to vary and see where it took me. The fireflies were probably already out: maybe it wasn’t just a season or a time but a whole world I’d forgotten. I’d never know until I stepped out into it. So I did.

Total commitment. You know, the idea of discovering something that, for all intents and purposes, goes against your abilities, and yet still deciding to do it anyway. That takes guts, you know?

Because' I repeated, as a breeze blew over us, "sometimes things just happen. That aren't expected. Or on the list." "Such as?" he asked "I don't know," I said, frustrated. "That's the point. It would be out of the blue, taking us by surprise. Something we might not be prepared for." "But we will be prepared," he said, confused. "We'll have the list.

You punched him by accident.

It's a choice, Annabel. And if you make the wrong one, you have only yourself to blame when there are consequences.