I came to witness. I stay to fight.

How did people do this - swallow all their fears and trust someone else so implicitly with every imperfection and fear they had.

Of course, die for the monster spawn. It was so Bella.

"Happy birthday," he sighed, and leaned down to touch his lips to mine. I reached up on my toes to make the kiss last longer when he pulled away. He smiled my favorite crooked smile, and then he disappeared into the darkness.

With our rarely changing temperaments strong emotions can alter us in permanent ways. But he said I did not need to worry about that part – you had already altered me so completely.

He didn't ask what I was thinking, which was out of character for him. I guessed that meant that he was just as nervous as I suddenly was.

Don't be a baby about this. No tantrums.