Fall Me Maybe

by Laney Hatcher

“He turned out to be a loser not worth my time.”

Could Noah be the mysterious boyfriend it worth her time? It seems like he moved here for a girl who turned out to not be what he was expecting.

“The effort of maintaining a relationship should go both ways and be equal. Not one person killing themselves to keep it all together.”

“I’m sorry, I didn’t know I was being judged by my ice cream selection.” I gave him a slow blink and an expectant stare. “Of course. How else would I know if you were a serial killer?” He paused in reaching for his wallet. “What would a serial killer order?” Resisting the urge to crack up, I moved easily around him, inching closer to Kaitlyn working the cash register. “Pistachio. Obviously.”

“Sometimes the people who’ve known you the longest have the hardest time seeing who you really are.”

“They’re fixing something with the carburetor . . . um, shaft . . . tank.”

Her car is totally fixed by now

It is Ginny! I knew he moved for Lou’s stepsister.

“The effort of maintaining a relationship should go both ways and be equal. Not one person killing themselves to keep it all together.”

She was comfort and courage wrapped up in a package that stole my breath.

But what was the point in fighting for something when you were the only one willing to go into battle?

I was never going to get enough of this girl. She would be the center of my universe until the day I died. Whatever path—whatever journey—we were on, we’d take it together.

It started with a phone call and a ride request. A twist of fate in an unexpected place. I was just glad she was driving off into the sunset with me.