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“Promise you’ll be there? At the tree?” “On one condition.” “What’s that?” He holds his hands out to his sides. “That you’ll love me forever,” he whisper-yells before flashing me a grin that could light up the darkened sky.
I blow a kiss in his direction and know that I’ll always think of him like this. My moonlight boy who said he’d love me forever.
Asher, the girl who handed me my first real heartbreak. The first real scare. And to this day, it’s still one of the only secrets I’ve kept from my brothers.
But the world moves on even though those of us left behind feel frozen in place.
“This isn’t over, Asher. Not by a long shot. I’m not a patient man, but I’ve waited fifteen years to kiss you again . . . what’s a few more days?”
What I do know is that I’m a different person than I was then. Just as you are. But it should have been our choice. Our decision. Not someone else’s.”
I don’t know what happens in two months or even tomorrow, but I know seeing you again brought me right back to those summer nights I spent with you.
“Expectations are a funny thing. They can weigh you down or they can make you shine.
when you’ve lived your whole life and only two people have ever loved you, you don’t hesitate to sacrifice for them since they’ve sacrificed so much for you.” There is a brief silence, then he clears his throat. “Three people. I loved you too, Asher.”
“A way to a woman’s heart is through her books. That’s for darn sure.”
Maybe I knew all along. Because realistically, this was never going to work before it even started, no matter how much I told myself differently.
“Pipe dreams are for kids without responsibilities, Ledger. That’s not me anymore.”
I’m in love with Asher Wells. The same girl I was in love with fifteen years ago.
“I love you,” I whisper against the back of her head. I love you, yet I have no fucking clue what to do about it.
“I’m proud of you for sticking up for yourself today, but God, how I wish you would have let me defend you.” “I don’t need anyone to defend me, Ledger. I can take care of myself.” “I know you can. Fucking hell, I know you can, but would it hurt you to need my help every once in a while? To need me?”
“Why did she leave, George? Run? Why not stay and fight for this place?” For me? “Who said she wasn’t fighting?” “She’s not here, is she?” I ask. “That girl has fought her whole life. The scorn and judgment she’s faced in this town is enough to break most people. It never broke her.”
