there's not a boy on the planet worth this amount of angst. I know; i used to be one

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

But I'll say this, if what looks like the facts of the matter are conflicting with your feelings, then you need more information before deciding

He brushed my tears from my face. "How did I find you?

I breathed him in, closing my mouth tight and inhaling the scent of him through my nose. I felt sheltered by him. Safe.

No matter what happened to any individual person, life was going on elsewhere. The first time Kennedy kissed me, it stood to reason that at the same time, other people were splitting up. And the night Kennedy broke my heart, somewhere - maybe right there in my dorm, other people were falling in love.

My last coherent thought, as Lucas took his time kissing and touching every part of me he could reach and my body arched into his, was: oh... so this is what all the fuss is about.