Graham runs a hand through his hair and takes a deep breath. Finally, with a determined scowl, he crosses the room. His hands grip my shoulders. “We are not,” his voice is a gentle tremor, “breaking up

Rather than raising his voice like everyone else, he leaned close to my ear and asked, "Dance with me?" I felt his warm breath and inhale the scent of his aftershave -something basic and male.

Whenever I appeared to have won an argument, Mom would say something like, 'Even broken clocks are right twice a day.

You 're so beautiful.

The getting is easy; the keeping is the important part.

He stared down at me, and i examined his beautiful eyes up close, something i'd never tire of doing.

When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.