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Sometimes I wanted to get a spray bottle so I could squirt them—you know, the way you do with a cat or a dog when it’s misbehaving—when their public displays of affection got a little too intense.
It was a beautiful thing to watch your best friend be loved in the way you know she deserves.
He was just so…grumpy. Men who are that good-looking should not be allowed to be such assholes. It was false advertising.
“How do we feel about trying to be nice today?” she asked. “Not great,” I said.
Brooks and Gus would take the basement, which was okay with me because that place was straight out of a horror movie, and I wasn’t really in the mood to get possessed by a demon today. Unless it was a hot demon—then I could be persuaded.
“Hey, pornstache. Nice of you to join us.” “Fuck off, Theodora,” he said without even glancing my way.
“the way you’re ogling me is making me uncomfortable.” “Well, the way I can see your nipples through your shirt is making me uncomfortable,” I countered.
“You know how I feel about the basement,” I whined. Emmy laughed and said, “I guess this is your chance to live out that demon romance you told me about last night.”
And that’s how I locked myself in a closet with Gus Ryder. Well, shit.
Teddy is pretty. Beautiful, even. But beautiful like a lion or an elk or any other large and dangerous animal. Beautiful to look at, but you didn’t want to get too close because it’d rip your throat out or trample you or spear you to death with its giant horns.
I contain multitudes and all that shit, I guess.
It just feels like everyone is moving on…without me.
“You are many things, August Ryder, and some of those things aren’t great, I’ll be honest,” I said. “But a bad father isn’t one of them.”
Seeing them like that—already so comfortable—almost convinced me that this was a good idea. But as I was walking out, I heard Teddy say, “So when’s the last time you were arrested?” “Never?” Riley said. “Well, tomorrow you’re going to say yesterday,” Teddy said. “Lucky you’re mom’s a lawyer.” Jesus Christ, what had I done?
It would never not be the most annoying thing in the world that he was so fucking handsome.
“Are you okay?” he asked. “You look like shit.” “Thank you,” I said sarcastically. “It’s so hard to believe you’re single.”
And the truth was, I’d rather fight with Teddy than be happy with anyone else.
I knew then that I’d never be able to tell this woman no ever again.
“Luke is my fiancé, my partner, my everything. But you’re my soulmate, Teddy Andersen, and I’m the luckiest girl in the world because of it.”
This was the scary thing about want—the fact that it wasn’t a guarantee.
“Wanting used to scare me so much, because I didn’t think I had the space to want anything more than what I’ve got. But wanting a future with you is the easiest thing in the world. And I want it all, with you.”
“What do you say, Teddy baby? Do you want to do life with me?”
