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Turns out, the person closest to you is the one who holds all the power to hurt you the most.
I’m done making it my problem how other people feel about me.
I’m done letting people in just so they can wake up one day and decide I’m not worth the trouble.
Asking me to forget her was like asking me to forget how to breathe.
STOP
“So, Twilight?” I know that if it’s Annie’s choice, she’s picking her favorite Twilight movie which is the first one of the franchise.
Girls got taste
“I’m fine dying if you’re the last thing I see.”
ILL TAKE HIM
I blame my familiarity with Luke for the feelings, knowing that my comfort with him never completely went away all those years ago.
“We all see the way you look at her, Luke,” Eddie says. My whole body tenses. “You look at her like she hung the moon.”
“No, man. She didn’t hang the moon,” I answer before I can stop myself. “She is the moon.”
“Obsessed doesn’t even begin to describe how I feel about you, Annie girl.”
“You’re it for me, Annie, whether you want to see it or not. It’s always been you. Always will be.”
“When will you understand that I will do anything for you?”
Turns out, my heart has been there all along. It just only beats for Luke.
Following me around? What are you, a dog?” I know what she wants me to say. She wants me to argue. She wants me to push while she pulls. But there’s only so much pushing someone can do. She thinks I’m a dog? God knows she has me on the tightest leash. I look her right in the eyes. “Woof.”
“You like me,” I say, a grin on my face. “I can’t stand you.” “Admit it. You like me.” “I’ll admit I don’t like seeing anyone else put you in your place. That’s my job.” “Don’t be a brat.” “Don’t be a dick.”
I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again. Kissing Annie is like coming home.
“I just didn’t need to be reminded that I was meant to be seen and not heard, or that they didn’t even want me in the first place,”
“This isn’t some brand of ownership.” “Oh, mine is. I’m yours, Annie girl. You own me—every part of me. Always have, always will.”
I know I would’ve found Annie. I’ll find her in each and every lifetime.
Seeing Annie smile makes me feel like I’ve won a prize, like my hard work paid off, like I’m deserving of something special that she doesn’t just give out to anyone.
“You’re going to be the death of me.” But we both know full well that I would die a happy man if it’s by her hands.
🤭😭
Turns out, having a boyfriend who makes it his goal to help you relax and rest the second you walk through the door was the perfect remedy for maintaining stress-levels.
Pft i wish
“Listen closely, Devin,” I say before she can spew some more problematic nonsense. “I didn’t come here to start a fight, but if you keep it up with this bullshit, I will drag you out of here by your hair.”
YESS
The universe knows she is the center of every dream I have.
I don’t know how people get through this. I don’t know how people find the strength to overpower their grief—it’s scary how tempting it is to let it win because at least I wouldn’t feel like this anymore and maybe I’d see my brother again.
For the first time in weeks, I felt like my senses were awakened, that I wasn’t just living in black and white anymore. It didn’t feel like I was underwater, that my limbs were fighting the pressure trying to drown me. I felt like I was finally able to swim.
“Thank you for loving me, Annie girl. I don’t know how I got so lucky to be loved by someone like you. Growing up with you, watching you blossom into the beautiful person you are today, getting to live life with you, I truly am the luckiest man alive.”
You’re it for me, Annie girl. You’re the fire that burns inside me, my better half, the reason I wanted to become a man like my brother, one that would make you proud.”
revealing a bouquet of roses, one for all twenty years I have loved Annie.
OH- I'M CRYING
It was really a lesson we all needed because life truly is too short to not chase after the things we want or hold on to things that try to hold us back. Especially when that thing holding you back is yourself.
W advice
The ring he chose has a band made to look like a vine, with little diamonds as the leaves, making the largest diamond in the middle the rose.
OMG
Our three girls have three more boys on the way.
Omg all the besties are preg at the same time!!
