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long drives with pouty, hungover man-boys are not fun,
hardcore, unachievable body goals,
Mason, my overprotective twin, is tall and trim and could literally stunt double for a slightly younger Theo James. Brady’s a bulked-out Ken doll, and Chase is, well, the epitome of perfection.
He doesn’t know how to care a little; it’s always with all of who he is.
“You can’t even see her face from here.” Cam scrunches her nose. “Dat ass, though,” he says, looking at me expectantly.
I relate life to lyrics, tone to mood.
A lot of people avoid songs that make them remember pain when they’re drowning in it, but I say let that sucker take you under.
if you’ll dance when you feel like dancing, why not have a good cry when you need one?
“If you’re looking for an apology, I can’t give you one.”
“You might have pulled away, but not before you held me tighter.”
‘you’re a woman in a tiny bikini, and I’m a man with eyes.’
“You know, we get sucked in, tight as fuck, achy ass blue balls, and they get swollen, sensitive as hell, pink puffs.”
“If I wanted her, Arianna… she’d know it already.”
“Is it that obvious?” I mumble meekly. “Is it supposed to be a secret?”
“Nothing, and I mean nothing, forces a man to face his feelings for a woman… than the interest of another man.”
“If I’m Romeo, then you’ve got to be Juliet!” “You know that was a tragic love story, right?” I shout, smiling all the same. “Epic.” He turns, walking backward. “It was an epic love story!”
son of biznatch!
“When the man above blessed us with wine, we indulged. It’s only fair his other masterpieces get the same treatment.”
and then he says, “Fuck it.”
“I say you grab his junk underwater and see what happens. Bet he pokes you with it.”
I’ve got sand in places eyes have never seen.”
bless you, Noah Riley, for your man knowledge. You might be the very reason I get everything I’ve ever wanted.
massive inability to find his chill.
“Tell me to stop. I don’t know what I’m doing…” “You’re doing great.”
“You can’t look at me like that. I’m trying to—” “Stop trying. Whatever it is, just… stop.”
Does anyone, since the existence of humanity, enjoy whiplash?
death is hard for people, and you don’t really know how you’ll handle it until it happens.”
hooch caboose.”
It’s hard when you realize you simply aren’t enough for someone, and it’s even harder when everyone you’re connected to is connected to that person as well.
hang on a sec, let me pull the plug to my red river, but hurry, so I don’t make a mess?”
“I never thought getting something you always wanted could be more painful than wanting but never having it. There really is no in-between.”
He almost has this tortured soul vibe going on, but not the kind that makes you bitter or cruel. The kind that stems from loss and letdowns, where you’re almost afraid to want because the universe might decide the jokes on you, and down another tor you tumble.
You were one of those crazy girls who cried when little Miley grew up to be…my kinda Miley.
“My mom said she had children so she wouldn’t have to wash dishes ever again.
It sucks to hurt for a man you never even had. The pain within me makes itself known at random, and that pain stems from a love that never even lived. One that never had a chance to flourish.
growth can only come from heartache.
