A Midsummer's Nightmare Quotes

“Screw nightmares. I was waking up.”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“Graduation night was my last party,' he said. 'Or at least my last drink. After that night, I decided I was done with all of it.'
'Why? What changed?'
A sly grin crept across Nathan's face. 'I got really, really wasted graduation night, and when I woke up, some sassy, sexy vixen had stolen my virginity.”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“I want more. I want everything. I want you."
"Nathan..."
"I'm not settling for less, Whitley," he said. "And neither should you.”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“Anger was less painful than abandonment.”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“Are you guys getting to know each other pretty well? I'm sure it's a little bit awkward at first.'
'Yeah,' I said. 'I'd say we're getting to know each other *really* well. Wouldn't you, Nathan?'
He kicked me under the table and mouthed, *Not funny*.”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“I don't really do friends,' I told him.
'Good,' he said. 'I don't want you to "do" me. We've established the flaws in that plan already...”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“Joe!' he called. 'Hey, honey, can you get the pretty girl a Coke?'
'Only if you stop calling me *honey*,' the bartender, a bearded man in his thirties, replied. 'We've had this discussion before, Harrison.'
'Aw, Joe. It's so cute that you think I listen.”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“I took Russian in high school,” Nathan said, climbing out of the pool. He’d decided to swim laps that afternoon instead of going to the gym.
“Did you?” Harrison asked, grinning at him.
“Yeah.” Nathan grabbed his towel from the little patio table and began dabbing at his face. “But the only thing I remember is, Mozhno li kopirovat vashi domashnie zodaneeye?”
“Let me guess,” I said. “You just asked me where the bathroom is, right?”
“No.” He scoffed, flicking his wet towel at me. “I was beyond that basic stuff. I took two years of it. Give me some credit.”
“Then what does it mean?” I asked.
“It means, ‘Can I copy your homework?”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“You *are* my family,' he said.
The tears almost started up again. Those four little words meant so much to me - which was stupid, really. They were just words. But they were words I'd been wanting to hear, wanting to believe. *You are my family*.”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“Nathan had to park his Honda a whole block from the party, which was a good thing for two reasons. First, it gave Bailey and me the chance to ditch him before we even got to the house. I don’t know about her, but I didn’t want to be seen with the guy wearing a shirt that said, MAY THE MASS TIMES ACCELERATION BE WITH YOU.”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“Wow,' he said. 'Seriously - *wow*. I mean, what are the odds that of all the people Dad might marry, the chick's son is someone you've-'
'Trace!'
'Sorry. Okay, advice...hmm.”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“How is that possbile?' Harrison asked. 'He is so *hot*.'
'My dad? Christ, that's gross.'
'He is.'
'Ew.”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“How would you know?" I demanded, splashing water in Harrison's face. "You were watching him, too."
"Too!" he cried. "I got you! Ha. You just admitted you were watching him. You love him. You so love him.”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“While I'm sure this is going to be a fascinating story,' I interrupted. 'I don't care. I'm having a major parental crisis that sort of outshines your little tantrum, and frankly it seems like my dad agrees with you. I have a party to get ready for, can we do this later?”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“I was supposed to be at the condo, wasting time on the beach, just Dad and me, figuring out college and my life and spending time together. Instead, I was in a new house with new people - including a future stepbrother who'd seen me naked.”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“Go take out the trash, Potty Mouth.'
She laughed and headed into the kitchen. 'Pissed!' she shouted as she walked through the dining room. 'Shit! Damn!”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“By the time we reached the front door of the party house—a total mansion, like Harrison had said—Nathan was far behind us. Well, he’d promised to stay out of our hair.
“Wow,” I heard Bailey gasp as the front door swung open for us, though I wasn’t sure if that was her reaction to the freakishly large house or to the drop-dead-gorgeous guy standing in front of us.
“Good evening, ladies,” he said, stepping aside to let us enter.
Automatically, I found myself standing up taller and sliding my shoulder blades back for optimum cleavage exposure. It was like a flirting reflex. I just wished I wasn’t all sunburned. “Hello to you.”
He grinned at me. A cocky, sexy grin. “I don’t believe we’ve met,” he said. He glanced at Bailey then. “Any of us. I’m sure I’d remember those pretty faces.”
I swear, Bailey was blushing so hard I could feel the heat radiating from her body.
“Oh, you’d remember,” I agreed, tossing back my hair and putting a hand on my hip. “I’m Whi—”
“Whitley!”
I jumped and spun around involuntarily. Harrison was standing beside me, looking thoroughly delighted. “Hello again, darling. You look gorgeous—and the lack of flip-flops is making my day. Those slingbacks are perfect!”
I nodded, glancing over my shoulder at the hot guy, but he’d already moved on and was chatting with a group of kids a few feet away. Goddamn it.
“Wesley is just so busy,” Harrison said, following my gaze. “You have to give him credit for being a great host. He talks to everyone. Seems like way too much work to me.”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“I guess… I just wanted to talk to someone. I wanted someone to listen to me complain and to sympathize with me for a few minutes. I wanted someone to understand how lost I felt.”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“Me puse muy, muy borracho la noche de graduación, y cuando me desperté, alguna descarada y sexy zorra había robado mi virginidad.
Pensé que habíamos tenido una gran noche, pero cuando traté de conseguir su número, prometió que nunca me vería de nuevo. Es algo que me rompió el corazón. Llámame romántico, pero nunca había esperado que mi primera vez fuera tan impersonal... - Nathan”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare

“He had to find time in his schedule to talk to me. Wow, that made me feel important.”
― Kody Keplinger, A Midsummer's Nightmare