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The way he’d cried when I left for college last year pretty much gave the kid free reign over my soul.
Okay so she's youngish
The knocks sounded again, and Mom still didn’t answer.
Is this gonna be something about her mom dying?
“Don’t answer it.” Mom’s strangled whisper came from the front staircase, which stopped only a few feet from the front door.
Nevermind
“Mom, who’s here?” “No, no, no, no, no,” she mumbled, refusing to lift her head from her knees.
How does she know??
They taught us in elementary school never to open a warm door during a fire. Why did I think of that?
I had opened the door to a fire, and it was poised to decimate my family.
Lieutenant Morgan.
Is this the book boyfriend maybe? Can't be right?
Twenty years as an army brat had taught me they had to notify us within a certain number of hours of identifying him. Hours. He’d been alive hours ago.
Dad was a believer that nothing bad happened to prepared people. He’d hate to know he’d been wrong.
98% of the time he'd be right
Those were our names and dates of birth. The lieutenant startled. “Happy birthday, December,” he whispered.
Jesus.
The door shut behind them, leaving our world shattered.
“August Howard?”
These kids are all named after months
“He’s seven years old and everything he knows just ended. So I think I’ll give him just another few minutes.” Before I tear him to pieces.
I was thankful for him just as much as I hated his sheer existence.
I bet he gets that all the damn time.
“I want it to be your birthday.”
How was it possible these people were having such a normal day, such a normal conversation? Didn’t they understand the world had just ended?
The brown-eyed guy slid a fifty dollar bill across the conveyor belt to the clerk.
Definitely the book boyfriend
There was something so familiar about him… What was it?
Is he the one morgan guy? But in different clothes?
“You’re December Howard and I’m Josh Walker.
K different dude
I had a boyfriend,
Oh do you? Not for long though!
Every time someone hugged me, or told me they were sorry, another piece of me shut down, like my maximum pain threshold had been reached.
Riley, my exquisite, perfect boyfriend of three years, drove down from vacationing at his family’s cabin in Breckenridge to be with me.
He sounds hideous
He’d been more with his cell phone the last few days,
Cheater?
April was allowed to fall apart. That was a luxury I didn’t get to have, not anymore.
Riley: On my way, but running late.
He's not really perfect if he's running late to his girlfriends fathers funeral.
Midway through the service, a familiar hand squeezed my shoulder, this time from behind. Riley had finally arrived.
MIDWAY?!
“But don’t you worry about them, not Grams, or Mom, April, or Gus. I will take care of them, I promise.”
The other dates in the calendar seemed inconsequential, seeing as I wouldn’t be here for them.
Why do i get the feeling she'll be dropping out of school? Or at the very least transferring
He couldn’t even be bothered with me.
DUMP HIM.
“She’s turning into a hermit, Mr. Walker. I firmly expect cats to begin arriving at the doorstep at any moment.
But would cats be so badd?
“Looks like you’re wanted.” A smirk played at the corner of his lips. “Sure, by the ones not worth chasing.”
Oooooo daddy
“Because it’s what you need.” His eyes didn’t leave the road, so he couldn’t notice the way I studied his profile in stunned silence.
I wonder if he was into her in high school?
He snapped his gaze to me, eyebrows arched in surprise. “You’re telling me that in three years, you haven’t had sex?”
Oh he's 100000% cheating on her. And she's about to walk in on him
His lips thinned. “Some things don’t work out.”
I really hoped she could come up tonight. No response. That sucked. I could have really used my best friend.
No reply because she's in bed with your boyfriend babe
“Riley’s upstairs, said he needed some quiet.”
Yeah. Upstairs with your rommate
“Um, did Riley know you were coming?” “Nope! I’m here to surprise him.” “Just let me tell him you’re here…” He moved to step in front of me, blocking the way to the room where I’d slept weekends away for the last few years.
Yep because he wants to warn his bro
“You’ve been distant this week.” What a lame-ass excuse. “I just needed some comfort, and Kayla was there, and one thing led to another. It didn’t mean anything!”
Distant because of her dad's funeral. What a shit excuse
“What? Afraid I’ll kick your ass?” Josh let loose a wry smile. “Nawh. Afraid I’ll end up in jail when I fuck up that pretty little face of yours.”
Fuck yes Daddy Josh is giving Xaddy vibes
“I remember you, too, you know. You were cute back then.”
Oh yeah he liked her then
“The fire you have within you is impossible to kill. The first breath you take when you’re free of all this, it will come roaring back. That’s what is so impossibly beautiful about you.”
“You don’t know what you’re asking.” He bent his head like he was praying.
Because he's pined for her?
kissing Josh was like a freaking fire caught me and scorched until I burst into flames.
“Gus has my number because I’m his coach. Now you have it because I’m your whatever.”
She stuck her tongue out at me, and I noticed her righteously awesome pair of new equestrian boots. “Christmas?”
Dude. She's stealing shit
To…White House Black Market? Nordstrom’s? American Eagle? Restaurants, hotel rooms, they were all adding up. All since Dad died.
Oh no. April stole her dad's credit card?
“Grief, by its very nature, is designed to suck the life out of us because we are so willing to join our dead.
“Well, that’s just fantastic. We have a fight and you hop right to the next guy. I never really pegged you for a whore.”
Oh go fuck yourself mister
And one of them had a number thirteen painted on her cheek in blue and gold.
lol taylor swifts number
“We’re taking it slow until you say so, because I can’t bear to hear a ‘no’ from you. But here’s your only warning: I’m going to chase the fuck out of you.”
