School would be way more tolerable if everyone wasn’t so afraid to be who they really are. And if everyone else would let them.

That's the tricky thing about being bonded to someone for life. Blake and his dad are bonded like I'm bonded with Erin. We're irrevocably tied together by history, a history that can never be erased. Even if you want to deny it, even it you want to pretend it never existed, it will always be a part of you. It will always, in some way, define who you are.

Life would be so much easier if fictional boys were real.

Maybe but... if being impulsive means ruining other people's lives, then maybe I should just stay the same.

A geek is like a dork. Someone who’s on the fringe, who you wouldn’t want to hang out with. A nerd is someone too weird and smart to fit in with the masses. Like me.” “You’re not a nerd!” “It’s okay. I know who I am. I consider it a compliment. I like when people tell me I’m weird.” I cram four Cheez Doodles into my mouth. “I mean, why be normal?

It’s interesting how you can know someone for a long time, and then one day you just see them in this whole different way.

Oh and P.S.? I am in dire need of more coffee. Industrial strength.