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“Don’t discount your feelings for him just because you didn’t know him forever. It’s about how you know a person, not how long.”
Between losing my parents, transferring schools, and missing four months while I did my best impression of a waterspout, I’m about as behind as I can get and still be a senior.
Look at how it happened between us. But the magic knows. You just have to have faith. Something I should have done.”
I’m clearly upset about a damn song? I know their relationship is complicated—know this whole thing is complicated—but I’m tired of being collateral damage.
I’d definitely be lying if I said there wasn’t something about the way Hudson snarled at the wolf that sent shivers straight down my spine. And not necessarily in a bad way. I clearly have a type.
“What do you want to know about those four months?” “Anything.” I take a deep breath in the hopes of calming the wild beating of my heart. “Whatever you can remember.”
“I remember everything, Grace.”
“I’ve given you plenty of answers. You just don’t like them.”
“Can we skip this fight if I acknowledge that I am aware that you are fully capable of doing anything you put your mind to?
“Oh, wait. Been there, done that, didn’t want the T-shirt.”
“You’re capable of dealing with anything. No one doubts that—and if they do, they’re daft, because you’ve proven it over and over again. You’re the most incredible person I’ve ever met.”
Yes, things might be bad, and it doesn’t seem like there is an easy solution at first, but after a while, if you wait too long, there are only hard choices left to make.”
“Exactly what were you trying to discover?” His gaze holds mine for several beats before he tells me, “How to break them.”
HUDSON NOOOO
Hudson: “Pain and suffering are always inevitable” Me: I thought Crime and Punishment was too light for you Hudson: Apparently I’m feeling optimistic
“No one’s ever asked me that before.” I’m in the middle of writing something down, so I don’t look up as I ask, “Asked you what?” “If I’m okay.”
“You picked flowers for me?” I gasp, eagerly reaching out to take them. “They reminded me of you.” He puts his tongue firmly in his cheek. “Especially the bright-pink ones.”
And a reminder that no matter how grave my problems are, they’re only a momentary blip in the grand scheme of things. The world turned for a long time before I was born, and it will keep turning
“Beautiful.” But he’s not looking at the flowers when he answers. He’s looking at me…and somehow that makes everything better and worse, all at the same time.
“Did I?” She takes a sip from her goblet. “I can’t seem to recall—” “At your age, I’m sure there’s a lot you don’t recall,”
“I only knew how to break yours with Jaxon because I’m the one who created it.”
It’s a win-win-nobody-dies situation.
“I’ll never figure out why people make the choices they make,” he answers. “How they can be so indifferent to right and wrong, good and evil. Or how they can just go along with the evil when it benefits them, or because it’s too hard to fight it.”
“I do have a half-human mate, you know. And she needs to eat human food. Besides,” he continues with a shrug, “YouTube is a thing.”
He scans through the different streaming services we’ve got, then settles on Disney Plus—which is not what I was expecting. “Let me guess,” I tease. “Monsters, Inc.?” He glances at me out of the corner of his eye. “Actually, I’m more of a Beauty and the Beast kind of guy.”
“The snow?” I ask, because it’s been a really, really long time since I’ve seen this movie. He gives me a dry look. “Yes, because snow is such a rare commodity in my life that I need to just bask in its glory on-screen.”
“How could I not want to be mated to my best friend? I’ve known you were incredible from the first day we met.”
And if you and I never talk again, well, that’s fine by me. I never could stand hypocrites anyway.”
my new favorite quote of the century
