You punched him by accident.

I listened for the voice I knew so well, the one I always heard at the beginning. Good girl, Macy! You're doing great! You know the first steps are the hardest part! They were. Sometimes I felt so out of sync, it was all could do not to quit after a few strides. But I kept on, as I did now. I had to, to get to the next part, this part, where I finally caught up with Wes, my shadow aligning itself with his, an dhe turned to look at me, pushing his hair our of his eyes.

With love like that, you can't get pick about how it finds you or the details. All that matters is that it's there. Better late than never.

It's a big deal when you finally get the chance to do the one thing you want to do - need to do - more than anything. It can kind of scare the crap out of you.

You just walk over there and into the office and say, 'Hey, be my prom date,'" he said. "It's that simple.

Because maybe, the best of times were yet to come. You never knew.

You should have seen your face," she said, her breath hot in my ear. "Sa-woooon.