If Tomorrow Never Comes

by Allison Ashley

He’d replayed the time spent with May with fresh eyes and a clear head, and concluded there was a good chance he’d met—and lost—his soulmate.

We all need one person we can be totally vulnerable around and not worry about being judged.”

“Everything was different with him. Better and brighter. After that first date I found myself wanting to be with him, no matter what I was doing. Even mundane errands were better if he was with me. I loved the way he saw the world and how he helped me see it in a new way.”

You can’t have an honest, worthwhile conversation with someone else if you haven’t been truthful with yourself.”

There’s something to be said for considering other people’s emotions, but sometimes our decisions are going to hurt people. Sometimes the truth hurts, but is that a reason to hold it back?

“I still want you, Elliott. I want to be with you, spend time with you, and learn everything about you. I want to touch and hold you, and I want to kiss you more than I’ve ever wanted anything. I’ve tried to stop. I’ve tried so fucking hard to stop, and it’s like deciding to live without air. I don’t . . . I don’t know how to do that. I don’t know if I can.”

Love can be messy and inconvenient. It doesn’t always show up at the most opportune time, or even with the person we always thought. But that’s what makes it so magical.

“I’m not going anywhere. You fit me like no one else ever has.”

“There are good days and bad days, and the best thing to hope for is to find someone who loves you on both.”