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But that’s the thing about making stupid decisions, they never seem that way at the time.
obsessing over what will never be is only a waste of time. Mind you, I say that, yet here I am doing my best to beat a hole in a weathered punching bag as if that will change anything about my situation.
I understand its ok
I’m on a roll feeling bad for and about myself today and don’t have the energy to pull myself out of my funk, so I think I’ll just chill here for a bit longer.
Our living room is part-library, part-greenhouse, and is hands down my favorite room in our home.
ugh a dream
I know being in Becks’ arms, having him look at me like I’m the only girl in the world, would be as close to divine as a creature can reach on this side of heaven.
although I’m never part of any of the drama, I still like being able to watch it.
“I don’t have anything you’re looking for,” I say, adding a touch of ice to my words. “Don’t be so sure of that,” Talon challenges, leaning forward to recapture some of the space I’d put between us. “You have more to offer than anyone realizes.”
I’ve always been really vocal about how I’d rather get a tooth pulled than be forced to hang out with our peers
I don’t love big groups. Some might think there’s safety in numbers, but I don’t. More creatures just means more opportunities for chaos to ensue.
How did I get this way? I don’t want to be like this, scared of my own shadow. I want to be fearless and bold, to take life with both hands and direct it rather than let it drag me around.
My idea of a fun time is a night in bingeing my favorite show with a pint of cookie dough ice cream.”
I’ll always be there for you. To the depths of hell or the heights of the heavens. It’s you and me against the world. Always.”
Enjoy these years. They’ll be some of the best of your life.” If these years are supposed to be the best of my life, I’m in serious trouble.
The “what-ifs” haunt me, sticking to me like wet sand. Irritating and impossible to get rid of.
I like this metaphor
I lived a hundred different lives in this library and wished each time that I’d magically fall into a story and never escape.
“Whenever I see him near you, he looks about two seconds away from pissing a circle around you to claim his territory.”
“It’s not that I just don’t like seeing you in someone else’s arms, it’s that it’s agony for me to see you there when I know there’s no one else’s arms you should be in but mine.”
it occurs to me right then, for maybe the first time ever, that my fears and insecurities might not be unique to me, that I’m not the only one out there who struggles with self-doubt.
“You shouldn’t settle for someone who doesn’t accept you for who you are. You need someone who sees you. Really sees you and recognizes that you are enough, more than enough, just the way you are.
“You’d be a fool to change one thing about yourself. You’re already perfect.”
“That’s right. For our Natural Chemistry class. We’re doing a project on objects in nature and their natural attractions to each other. It’s going to take a couple of late nights, but I’m sure we’ll get the assignment banged out soon enough.”
i lol’d
“Don’t you realize that you often have to fight for the things most worth having?” Reaching forward, he pushes a strand of hair behind my ear, and for some reason I let him. “You’re worth fighting for.”
“You know you could have just called him and told him about the trial. He would have come to get me.” A wicked smile kicks up the corner of Talon’s mouth. “And miss the feeling of you holding on to me for dear life? Never.”
“You’re even cuter when you’re feisty.” You’ve got to be kidding me. Now he’s hitting on me? “I love your freckles, Freckles. I wanna kiss each one of them.”
The box I shoved my heart into starts to rattle, so I slap a padlock on it so it doesn’t burst open and ignore it the best I can.
“The first time we kiss, Freckles, it won’t be to make another guy jealous. It’ll be because we can’t live another second without tasting each other’s lips. I’m a patient creature. I can wait.”
I’m just me, and it’s about time for me to understand that’s enough.
“Of course I’m a creature. What else would I be?” He shakes his head. “No, my dear. You’re not. You’re a human.” Human? “I can see by the look upon your face you’re unfamiliar with the term.”
