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“Is teaching everything you wanted it to be?”
If I thought he’d looked happy before, it was nothing compared to the light that just got turned on in his eyes.
“It’s amazing, Violet. I mean, there’s some hard days, that’s for sure, but the feeling of passing on my passion to these students… It’s something else.”

He׳s so cute

“Jusht…anshwer the question.”

Oh drugged up V is verging into dangerous territory (she is on prescribed pain meds)

“It’s hard, living in constant anger and regret.” His eyes narrow in on me. “But it’s possible to get out of it. To choose to focus on the good parts. To choose not to give up.”

🥺

“Did he show you the Dark Side? Make you listen to My Chemical Romance?”
I burst out laughing. “Will, no actual punk listens to My Chemical Romance. That’s just for teenagers to feel emo to when their first girlfriend dumps them.”

Judgy but also funny

“I fall to the floor next to him, laughing uncontrollably, my breaths coming out in wheezes. His shoulders shake next to mine, body slumped over the wall like he ran a marathon. I try to stop, to tell myself that I shouldn’t be cry-laughing on a bathroom floor with him, but I can’t.
“I can’t believe this just happened,” I say in between bouts of laughter.
“Me neither, Violet. Me neither.”

🤣

“Why are you swimming?
That’s not—
Why are you swimming, Will?
I… I swim because water’s where I belong.
“That’s it, then. You don’t swim to be the best out there. You swim because you love it. And even if … people who could never do what you do.”
Slowly, he starts nodding.
“I’m still going to… but even if you come in last at competitions, I’ll be just as proud of you.”

“We were table neighbors, and we talked, and it clicked. He’s super hot and smart.”
“I feel like there’s a ‘but’ here.”
“Buuuuuut, there’s one thing that’s wrong with him.”
“What? He’s married? Has three nipples?”
“Don’t tell me he does CrossFit.”
“No, nothing like that. It’s…his name.”
“It’s Mickey.”

My brother’s name is Mickey 😶 (well it’s a nickname)

“So,” she says, “now that we’ve cleared up what caused the birth of your wild side, what’s happening out there? You haven’t called me back since you left me on that cliffhanger. What’s going on with He Who Shall Not Be Named? Are you okay? Did you kill him? Do you need help moving the body?”

Love a ride or die friendship

Ok she has a valid reason to be mad at him, he's being stupid

“Are we fighting?” he eventually asks, his voice husky and low.”

Oh he is down bad for her for sure

“Physically, I am fine. Mentally, that’s a whole other story. ”

She is really negative...

“We’ve spent the past days doing what every young adult usually avoids doing at all costs: cleaning. ”

I love cleaning, helps my anxiety

“Hooray, one thing my dumb brain got!”
Will’s face falls. “That’s not funny, V.”
I roll my eyes at the same time someone yells from the kitchen…

“Hey,” Will says as I walk toward my bedroom door. I spin on my heels, and gasp when I find him closer to me than what I’d expected. He towers over me, less than a foot between his body and mine. “Tell me you understand. You’re not stupid.”

“How many memories do you have with me? Something like an infinity, right? You couldn’t count them all.”
I nod.
“And if you think about it, I have an infinity of memories with you, too.”
The corners of my lips twitch up.
“So there’s an infinity of memories within me, and an infinity of memories within you. But the infinity between us? It’s even grander.”

“Why does he have to look this good? It’s not fair. He aged like fine wine while I’ve barely been able to keep myself from breaking at the seams. His jaw is now sharp enough to cut glass, and I somehow can’t take my eyes away from it. He has no right to still make my body feel this way. So unnerved.”

“It’s been two days since I locked myself in my old room, only going out to eat and pee, and while I love rewatching Gilmore Girls, I’m really tired of being in here. Plus, I think I’m too old for this show. Was Rory always this annoying?”

“… What books did you read? Did you read that Nora Roberts one I asked Will to tell you about?”
…

“I did read the book, and I hate you so much for making me read something that broke my heart into pieces.” Nora gives me a wicked, gap-toothed smile.”

🤓

“Not that my current dreams are much better. In fact, they might be even worse since they’re nonexistent. Not knowing what I want to do with my life is one of the things that keeps me up at night. I’ve changed majors four times in the last five years, and I still haven’t found it. The thing that will make me feel happy to get up in the morning.”

“Big problems require drastic solutions.”

Don’t know if this is smart

are you kidding me?!

I am getting so tired of this 'let's ignore this/This didn't happen' attitude 😑

"Would you like me to kill **** ****** for you,?"

He says the sweetest things 🫠

🤭

"If you wish."

Dead, gone, a princess bride reference is all I needed. (And yes I know it's 'as you wish' but CLOSE ENOUGH)

"Being a cynic doesn't make you wise, it makes you a coward."

"Thank you, sir. Are you alright?"
"I'm thinking about death."

😂😂😂😂😂

Ugh why?!? I wanted to know what his reaction would have been to the truth

"what in the deadlands?!"

😂

"Because I like who you are, not what you are capable of"