More on this book
Community
Kindle Notes & Highlights
“Enough with this pretending nonsense. If you want him, go get him. Don’t miss your shot.”
know you don’t like hearing this,” I heard him say, “and I know I promised not to tell you, but you are pretty, Killer. You’re pretty, beautiful, stunning, mesmerizing.” He paused. “But that’s not all you are. You’re everything Claire said and more. Clever, funny, caring, lively, strong, brave—all of it. You are all of it.” He kissed the top of my head. “And I do know how much you adore me,” he
whispered. “I just wish it was as much as I adore you.”
“I know this is way late—too late—but I’m sorry for being such a bitch, for what I said in the bathroom about how you dumped us for Ben and how you were doing the same with Wit and about how he was going to break your heart.”
FINALLY
“Because I deleted his number!”
Ughhhhhhhh why would you do thaaaaat
“Hey, Stephen!” I called, and two seconds later, I was right next to him. I grinned, took his hand, and said, “Tell me more about New Zealand.”
I’d just finished my freshman year.
when I suggested we go shopping for dorm supplies,
Why are you even considering dorming if you live 5 MINUTES AWAY?!?!
Long distance was even harder than I’d thought. We’d communicated every way possible, but it sometimes felt impossible. I’d sit in my dorm’s common room until 8:00 a.m. FaceTiming him and then cry my eyes out in the shower before leaving for breakfast. “She’s in a Stephen Slump,” my roommates had said on those days.
But there were Stephen Surprises, too. Without any warning, packages arrived in the mail with my name scribbled in all capitals. His handwriting had the power to stop my heart.
didn’t write to her every day, just when I missed her most. My therapist back home had helped me understand that no matter where Claire now read her books, she would always be my sister.
