"What are you thinking?" he asked curiously. I looked up into his deep gold eyes, became befuddled, and, as usual, blurted out the truth. "I'm trying to figure out what you are."

Listen up, Wanda. I know exactly what you don't want to be. But we're human, and we're selfish, and we don't always do the right thing. We aren't going to let you go. Deal with it.

Mike's eyes narrowed shrewdly. "Don't kid yourself, Bella. The guy's head over heels for you." "I know," I sighed. "Life is complicated." "And girls are cruel," Mike said under his breath.

i will always tell you the truth.

It never made sense for you to love me.

Don't let anyone tell you that high school is supposed to be fun. High school is to be endured. College is fun.

The waves of pain that had only lapped at me before now reared high up and washed over my head, pulling me under. I did not resurface.