I didn't know I was looking for anything until I saw you.

He reached for my hand, lifted it to his lips, and kissed my fingertips. "I love you.

It's probably best for me to work off some energy before I get you naked. I'm sure you'd like to be able to walk tomorrow.

And yet I understood the alienation of being around others who couldn't really see you or chose not to. I'd felt the self-loathing that came with being a fraud, protraying an image of what you wished you could be but weren't. I'd lived with the fear that people you loved might turn away from you if they ever got to know the true person hidden inside.

Oh, I’ll fight you,” she promised, her eyes clear of shadows. “That’s the way I roll.

I supposed, perhaps, you miss the promise of what could have been, while at the same time you are grateful that what it was instead is over.

Thanks for the reminder that i have to hit the gym today. I have'nt worked out in days. Unless one counted mattress gymnastics!!!