After We Collided (After, #2)

by Anna Todd

“Don’t you fucking tell me what she wants!” Hardin screams and his fist connects with the wall, cracking and denting the drywall.

Ok see more red flags

Time heals… most wounds,”

I get my coffee addiction from my mother,

I don’t want to think that I’d be with someone without loving them just for the stability. I want to be my own stability and security. I want someone to love, and someone to love me.

I want to tell him that I love him more than I want to breathe, but I can’t. I refuse to get pulled back in and be that girl who lets guys do whatever the hell they want to her.

Ok but u are that girl so

My clothes and a few books topple out onto the wet snow. I scramble to pick them up with my free hand, but I’m afraid to see which books they are—I don’t think I can take my favorite possessions being ruined alongside me, not today.

I'd cry

I’m thrown into a large conference room full of people who love books. It’s heaven.

If he were here, Hardin would bring me water, he would offer to hold my hair back. No. No, he wouldn’t. I should call him.

Not the "i should call him"

I always think these things. I just never have the balls to say them,”

me too girl

“Well, I love to read—it’s all I do.

“The best thing about reading is to escape from your life, to be able to live hundreds or even thousands of different lives.

If you aren’t affected somehow, even in the slightest bit, you aren’t reading the right book.” As we pass through the lobby, I look at the great artwork on the walls. “I would like to think that every novel I’ve read has became a part of me, created who I am, in a sense.”

I can’t remember the last time I slept past eleven, let alone later than lunch, but I forgive myself by taking into account that I stayed up until four reading

“You got an e-reader? I thought you hated them.” “Well… I did, but now I kind of love them.” I pick up the device and admire it. “Thousands of books right at my fingertips! What could be better?”

Unfortunately, love doesn’t always go hand in hand with common sense.”

I start scrolling through the list of romantic novels, and note that common sense is not something usually seen in any of these stories.

Nope

I know my pros list is full of small things, especially compared to the large negatives, but the small things are the most important, right?

I dont miss thinking this way

“Because I need your help, and you’re not helpful when we’re fighting.” “How do you know we’ll fight?” he asks. “Because it’s us.” I half laugh, and he silently nods in agreement.

like is this not a red flag or

“You are the devil, and I’m not going to just go away. She is my daughter, and she’s too good for you.” I nod my head several times quickly, then look at her flatly. “I’ll make sure to remember that when I’m burying myself into your daughter tonight.”

OOP

The pain that comes from considering leaving him is much worse than the pain he has caused me. I can’t leave him. I know I can’t.

i know this feeling all too well

“He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.”

“I’m sorry that I took so long, and that I wrote it down… It was just easier. I’m not good at saying things.”

hey me too

Sometimes it is better to be kept in the dark than to be blinded by the light.

“You could help clean, you know? Since you’re the one who makes most of the mess,” I point out. “Oh no. You’re much better at cleaning than I am.”

could not deal with this

We haven’t decided what we are actually doing yet, which drives me insane—I want to know the details and have the entire night planned.

i feel u girl

a drinking game where the winner gets less to drink seems counter to the party mentality,

yea i never understood this about drinking games either

“Don’t be jealous of my killer peer dong skills,”

“You are quite bossy tonight.” “The vodka makes me brave.”

relatable

“I’m sorry for kissing him.” She sighs. “It isn’t that big of a deal.” “You’re joking, right? Please tell me that you are, because if that had been me kissing someone else, you probably wouldn’t have spoken to me again!

Ok hes not wrong here

He grabs the lamp off the table, causing the cord to rip out of the wall before smashing it on the floor. Then he grabs a vase and breaks it against the brick. Why is his first instinct to break everything in sight?

bc he is TOXIC!!!!! its gonna be u next girl just u wait

“Hardin… you’re going to hurt me.” His eyes meet mine, and he lets go quickly. When he raises a hand, I flinch and slink back away from him, but he’s only running it through his hair, I see. His eyes flash with panic. “You thought I was going to hit you?” he nearly whispers, and I back away farther.

wellllll……

Maybe we can’t make this work. Maybe he’s too angry and I’m too irrational. I push him too far and he does the same to me. No, that isn’t true. We are good for each other because we push each other. Despite all the fights and tension between us, there’s passion.

Just when i think she does have functioning brain cells she proves me wrong

so what if I’m talking to this kid? He’s still annoying, like all the other half-sized humans.

sometimes I wish I could just shut my mind off the way other people seem to be able to do. I don’t like that I overthink everything, but I can’t help it.

To be called “my girl” in any form makes me much happier than it should.

The music helps a lot. To hear about other people’s pain reminds me that I’m not the only one to suffer in life.

I began to imagine what would happen if I didn’t have to feel this pain anymore. What if I just disappeared? The thought terrified me—not because of my death, but because my mind was capable of going to such a dark place.

I cannot, and refuse to, spend another day crying over a dishonest boy with tattoos who doesn’t love me anymore.

I find this hard to believe

She had her chance to come back to me. She does every other time, no matter what I do, so why is this time so different? It’s not like I did anything, really; I lied to her, but it was a small-ass lie and she overreacted.

Ugh this guy is so annoying

“Stop it! Stop, Hardin!” Tessa pulls on my arm, and reflexively I knock her backward onto the driveway.

Round 2. This guys a dum dum

He can’t have her, no one can. No one except me.

"if i cant have you nobody can"

If she fucked him, I’m done, completely and utterly fucking done with her.

boo hoo i wish she wouldve

She tries to open the door, but I hit the locks. “You aren’t seriously trying to lock me in the car with you. You already basically forced me to leave Zed’s house! What’s wrong with you!” she begins to shout. “I’m not trying to lock you in the car.” I am, though. However, in my defense, she’s stubborn and doesn’t like to listen to anything I have to say.

This dude is so psycho bro

“You always do this. You say the same things over and over, yet nothing changes,”

I love him, but I have to love myself more.

“Just because he can’t love you the way you want him to doesn’t mean he doesn’t love you with everything he has,”

I know that no matter how much we fight, we will always find a way back to each other. Always.

I’m sorry. So sorry, baby,” I tell her, hoping the use of the word will help my cause.

UGH THIS GUY IS SO TOXIC PLEASE i think this is my first romance ever that im not rooting for the main couple jesus christ

“It’s not supposed to be simple.” “It’s not supposed to be this hard either.”

“You just have to prove to her that you’ll change for her; you have to treat her the way she deserves to be treated and give her the space she needs.”