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.

So he didn't have to prove how he felt about me. Like so much else, I should just know.

You’re always a kid around your parents… Unless they’re acting like children. Then you don’t get the chance.

I was tired of hanging on, taking the torn pieces to make something whole with them.

Macon: “It’s true. And if that doesn’t work, use the Jedi Mind Trick. But only if you really have to.” Halley: “The what?” Macon: “The Jedi Mind Trick.” He looked at me. “Didn’t you ever see Star Wars?

So finally, I decided that the best response — the safest — was none at all.

None of it meant anything, and all of it was important.