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“I went over a few ground rules with Maya, you know, to keep her out of trouble. God forbid I find her drunk and crying on a bathroom floor to a sad love song.”
“Being grounded isn’t boring. It’s realizing that, when all this”—she waves her arms around us—“is over, you still have people there for you in the end. Good people who are humble, because no one wants to hang around an asshole.”
“What are the chances of dying of a heart attack at twenty-three? Seriously, you’re googling this? I didn’t know I had such an effect on you. You flatter me.”
Thou shall not bang your brother’s teammate rings in my ears, a new mantra for me by now.
I can’t change who I am to be what you want.”
“If it were another life, I’d probably do right by you. I’d take you on dates and try harder. But that’s not who I am or how I was raised. I don’t know how to be the kind of emotional guy you desire.”
“They’ll never be as good as what we could have. But this is why people like you never have happily-ever-afters. You’re so jaded, you can’t see the best things until it’s too late.”
“I think love is about happiness and sacrifice. Compromising instead of arguing. Having someone who is always there for you even when you don’t deserve it. Loving someone means you want to spend the rest of your life with them, on the good days and the bad days and everything in between.”
“Fear is not always a weakness. It’s what you do with the fear that shows your true strength.
“Jesus, take the wheel.” I make the sign of the cross before putting on my helmet.
“I’m probably going to marry her one day. I think she’s the one.” I say the words with confidence.
I make it a goal to make her laugh like that every single day for the rest of my life. She turns me into a sappy motherfucker who can’t help it around her, endlessly searching for ways to make her happy and satisfied.
“I didn’t fuck around with her. I love her. I’ll keep loving her through everything, no matter what you or anyone else says or whatever you try to do to break us up. It’s insulting for you to even think I’d be with Maya to fuck around with your racing. She’s the endgame. I don’t hook up with her for a shitty trophy, and sure as fuck not for a championship win. I want everything with her. Everything after this.”
