Sincerely, Carter (Sincerely Yours, #1)

by Whitney G.

“Ari?” The sound of Carter’s voice made me turn around. “Ari…” He took my right hand and got down on one knee. My jaw dropped, and a sudden bout of butterflies fluttered against my stomach more furiously than ever before. “I originally wanted to wait to do this when we both finished school, but—” He paused, smiling. “We both know I don’t have the best record when it comes to being patient.” I let out a nervous laugh. “I even wrote out exactly what I was going to say, how I was going to say it, and where exactly I wanted us to be when it happened,” he continued. “But since I left that paper at home and waiting is absolutely out of the question now, I’ll do my best to remember most of the words.” Tears welled in my eyes as he caressed my hand. “I don’t need to rehash the fact that I absolutely hated you when I first met you, or that I got genuinely happy each time I made you cry in fourth grade, but I will if you want me to.” I shook my head, laughing softly as a few bystanders listened along. “Fair enough.” He smiled. “Somewhere between us hating each other back then, you became my first real friend, my first and only best friend, and I didn’t realize it until last summer, but you’ve actually been my first everything.” “You were my first kiss, my first date that I actually enjoyed, and the first woman I fell in love with—the first woman I actually made love to…” he said. “And you’re still the only person I can talk to twenty times a day—whether it’s via letter, email, text,...

This is so fucking cute 😭