Keeping Her Secret Quotes

“Courtney began to pull back, planting shallower and shallower kisses until her lips brushed Riya's with the lightest of touches. She rested her forehead against Riya's a dreamlike smile on her face.

Then, suddenly, the smile vanished. "Shit," she said. "Dammit."

"What?" Riya asked, her euphoria slipping away with the gentle waves washing upon the dock's support posts. "What's wrong?"

Courtney's eyes grew wide and she frowned. "I'm gay."

Then, she spun, leaning her head over the edge of the dock, and threw up.”
― Sarah Nicolas, Keeping Her Secret

“Raya, listen." Courtney's voice sounded thick, as though tears choked her tongue. "When we were thirteen, you kissed me, and it rocked my world. I had never felt anything like that before and haven't since. I need to know, do you understand? I need to know if it's you or if it's me or if there's something else. I need you to kiss me, okay? I can't keep living like this. Please don't say no. I don't think I can ask again.”
― Sarah Nicolas, Keeping Her Secret

“To gaze into those beseeching eyes and not kiss her was unfair. "Because you're drunk. You don't know what you're asking."

Without thinking, Riya pulled their clasped hands to her mouth and kissed the back of Courtney's hand. It was as though she were, on same base level, incapable of completely denying Courtney's request.”
― Sarah Nicolas, Keeping Her Secret

“I feel nothing. None of the boys. No jitters, no sparks, no butterflies, none of the things you're supposed to feel." She opened her eyes. "None of the things I felt when..." Courtney trailed off, closing her eyes again.

"None of the things you felt when I kissed you.”
― Sarah Nicolas, Keeping Her Secret