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And then it happened. Her lips moved painstakingly slowly as if breaking through ice. Her eyes danced first, and then her mouth finally — finally — broke into the most incredible smile I’d ever seen in my life. The smile. Fuck. I thought I’d wanted it, but now that I’d experienced it, I couldn’t go back to seeing the perpetual scowl she wore.
“Because the world would be empty without you,” he said. “Because we wouldn’t have met, and my soul would be lost for the rest of my life, searching for yours.”
“I’m always numb unless you’re around. You make me feel.”
“Is this a nightmare for you?” he asked, his voice low and husky in my ear. I pulled back and smiled at him. “It never is when I’m with you.”
And then you fucking left me there by myself, to pick up the fucking pieces of the heart you shattered because I was stupid enough to fall for you. I don’t say that, obviously, and I don’t think I need to.
I cannot die with these fucking morons.
“You are, by far, the most difficult person I’ve ever come across in my entire life. You shut me out repeatedly. You made me chase you, which is ludicrous,” I say, pulling a face that makes everyone laugh. “You were rude, mean, standoffish. . .” “Okay,” Lyla interrupts, squeezing the tips of my bandaged hands lightly. “I think we need to go over what wedding vows are supposed to be like.” Everyone laughs again.
