Just Watch the Fireworks Quotes

“Thank you,” I said, turning around a little so I could talk to him. “You’re a good friend.”
“I know,” he said, as he tightened his hold around me. I leaned back against his chest, resting against him.
“Beckett, I–,” I started to say, but he stopped me.
“Shh,” he said. “You don’t need to say anything. Just watch the fireworks.”
― Monica Alexander, Just Watch the Fireworks

“So maybe now I might be imagining what it would be like to kiss him again, but that didn’t mean anything.”
― Monica Alexander, Just Watch the Fireworks

“Here’s the deal,” she continued. “You might get hurt. You might be married fifty years. No one knows what the outcome is when they take a chance with someone, but the worst thing you can do is take a chance with the wrong man. That is a mistake you’ll never forgive yourself for when you finally realize it.”
― Monica Alexander, Just Watch the Fireworks

“Everything was as it always should have been. I was in the arms of my best friend, the man I loved and the man I would spend the rest of my life with. It just didn’t get any better than that.”
― Monica Alexander, Just Watch the Fireworks

“Allow me to spell it out for you,” I said calmly. “I am still absolutely terrified of marriage, but I would marry you tonight if it was a way for me to prove how much I believe that you’re the guy for me.”
― Monica Alexander, Just Watch the Fireworks

“Great, I’m going to be white trash at my own wedding.”
― Monica Alexander, Just Watch the Fireworks

“I am a die-hard Red Sox fan, and yes, I dated a Yankee fan. I know I should be kicked out of The Nation for that, but I couldn’t help it. He was way too charming back then.”
― Monica Alexander, Just Watch the Fireworks

“Will you marry me?”
I was in shock for a full ten seconds before I realized what was happening. I threw my arms around him and kissed him as hard as I could.
“Is that a yes?” he asked, when I pulled away.
“Yes! Yes, yes, yes!” I shrieked.
His face broke into a wide smile. “Thank God,” he said then.”
― Monica Alexander, Just Watch the Fireworks

“No, I chastised myself. I should be happy for him. I’d let him go. I’d turned down his request to be with me, so now I had no room to judge who he chose to be with. I needed to be happy for him, but I wasn’t. Knowing he was laughing and smiling with someone else, that he was flirting and teasing someone who wasn’t me ignited a feeling inside me that I’d fought so hard to bury. Suddenly, I was drawn to him like I hadn’t been in years, and I couldn’t ignore it.”
― Monica Alexander, Just Watch the Fireworks

“I do love you,” I said. “That’s what makes this so hard.”
― Monica Alexander, Just Watch the Fireworks

“I knew my words were harsh, as I enunciated each syllable slowly, but I felt like I had to be clear with him. We’d crossed too many lines that day, and it needed to stop.”
― Monica Alexander, Just Watch the Fireworks

“I sat up then, looking at him appraisingly, knowing that was the moment I could stop everything if I wanted to. “Maybe you should go,” I whispered, as I ran my hand through his hair slowly.
“Maybe I should stay,” he said, bringing his lips to mine again.”
― Monica Alexander, Just Watch the Fireworks

“I didn’t say anything. I just took his hand in mine, and laid it over my heart that was still pounding wildly in my chest. I wasn’t sure why I did it, or where my logic went in that particular moment. Maybe I wanted him to know that he wasn’t alone in the way he felt and that the kiss had reignited something in me, as well. I didn’t know for sure.”
― Monica Alexander, Just Watch the Fireworks