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“I threw the baseball I held after all. Not hard and it didn’t even hit him but it almost did.
His eyes went wide with surprise.
“So you weren’t really offering me a target?”
He gave a small laugh. “I didn’t think you’d take me up on it.”
― Kasie West, The Fill-In Boyfriend

“Thank you.”

“How’d those words taste in your mouth?”

“Awful.”

He smiled. We stood there in silence. He didn’t offer to let me in, and I knew it was because he wanted me to ask. He liked to make things hard on me.

“Can I come in?”

“Why?”

“Because I want to talk.”

“Why?”

“Because you’re here, and I want to know why.”

He rolled his eyes and started to shut the door. I put my hand on the edge. “Because you need me, and I’ve never needed anyone more than I need you.”

He pulled me inside and against him before I even finished the sentence.”
― Kasie West, Split Second

“You're tall, young man."

"Yes, I am."

"How long have you been that tall?"

"Um . . ." He smiled, and I could tell he was trying not to laugh. "A while now.”
― Kasie West, Split Second

“My mom says before I turn eighteen she still has the right to murder me.” My mom always tells me to blame it on her if I am ever in an uncomfortable situation. It seems to work well.”
― Kasie West, The Distance Between Us