Then I'd crawl back into bed, smelling her all around me, and tell myself that next time, I would lock that window. But I never did.

The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it.

Some things don't last forever, but some things do.

Let me guess,” Eli said, his voice that low, even timbre, as always. “Drinking from kegs also falls under outdoor activity.” I just looked at him, standing there in jeans and the same blue hoodie he’d had on the first time I met him. Maybe it was the embarrassment, which had been bad enough before I had an audience, but I was instantly annoyed. I said, “Are we outside?” He glanced round, as if needing to confirm this. “Nope.” “Then no.” I turned my attention back to the keg.

The thing is I'm a great believer in the perfect moment. They don't come around that often.

This is what daughters did. They left, and came home later with lives of their own.

You didn't have to take a punch for me, you know,' he said. 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' 'You're a freak is what you are,' I said.