Say You'll Remember Me

by Abby Jimenez

Well-intentioned stupidity is still stupidity.

“What did he look like?” she asked. “Like if Rhysand from the ACOTAR series were a real person,” I said, putting my straw between my teeth.

“A werewolf,” Maggie corrected. “He’s sort of growly.” “A werewolf,” I deadpanned. “No…” Tina said to Maggie, not to me. She paused dramatically. “Rhysand.” Maggie gasped. “Yessssssss! Because he’s all cold and handsome and dangerous looking.” “He even looks like him. Like if Rhys were human?” Tina said.

“Because most people don’t say what they think. Animals do. They’re transparent. Their body language doesn’t lie. They always tell you the truth if you pay attention. People lie all the time.”

I gasped. “You would! You’re obsessed with me, Xavier.”

“Because if you were my wife you would be my world. Everything starts with you and ends with you. Anything else is just the stuff that happens in the middle.”

“Some things are worth remembering, Samantha. No matter how much they hurt.”

“But… but you’ve always looked at me like that,” I said. “I know. I’ve always loved you,” he said simply. “I think I couldn’t forget you because I remember you from a different lifetime. And I loved you then too.”

“I would trade everything for one more day with my wife. Everything. If you love that girl even half as much as I loved my Claire, you will pack your bags and leave yesterday.”

“Loneliness in a relationship is the deepest loneliness of all.