The Last Field Party Quotes

“I was lost in a darkness, and I couldn’t find a light. Then you appeared. You made me want to be stronger. Your love for me saved me. Every day that has passed since that moment I realized you were the only girl I would ever love, I’ve managed to find more reasons to love you. More reasons to adore you. For you, I would do anything. I will cherish you and protect you. You’ll never feel alone. When life gets hard and dark times happen, I’ll never let you down. I’d give up everything to protect you. You are my world, the reason I breathe.” He took my right hand then and placed it over his heart. “I will always be your safety.” A truer claim had never been spoken. Because that was exactly what he was.”
― Abbi Glines, The Last Field Party

“My aunt Coralee asked me once why I had wanted to help West so much so that I was willing to brave the sound of my own voice again. I was willing to face my own demons. It was because my soul and his were familiar. Something deep inside me wanted to be near him. It had made me willing to do all I could to help someone else even though I was completely broken myself.”
― Abbi Glines, The Last Field Party

“Are you serious?” I asked him, my jaw falling open. Unable to believe this was happening. I hadn’t even realized he wanted to come back here. I thought that he hated it here. I wouldn’t even bring it up. But now… he’d… done this. “Yes, baby. This is all yours. We’re home. Lawton is where we belong.”
― Abbi Glines, The Last Field Party

“He simply smiled at me. Then glanced back at the tree. “Funny thing about this tree,” he said. “Oh, really? What’s that?” I asked, amused by his teasing tone. He turned to look back at me. “My world was falling apart, and I found an angel right here, leaning up against his tree. She saved me. Then she stole my heart.” Smiling, I took a step toward him, but he shook his head and I stopped. Then he went down, and it took me a moment to realize he was on one knee. I stood there staring at him as he tilted his head back and his gaze locked with mine. “I’ve been planning on forever with you since I was eighteen years old,” he said as he opened a small black box in his hand. “Not a day has gone by since then that I haven’t wanted you to be my wife. I’ll love you until the day I die. Nothing will ever change that. Please, Maggie, be my wife.”
― Abbi Glines, The Last Field Party

“What’s wrong?” I asked, feeling panicked and completely useless. “Nausea and I’m weak. I need to eat something. It’ll help,” she said softly. I picked her up and started for the door. “On it,” I assured her. “West, I can walk,” she said with a small laugh. “Maybe, but I need you to let me carry you. Please,” I replied. The idea of her fainting or getting hurt was more than I could deal with at the moment. I’d just been informed I was going to be a dad. My reason for living had broken down on me and cried pitifully. I was currently damaged and needed to hold her. “What if Aunt Coralee sees us?” she asked. “Not real worried about her at the moment. Just you. Always you,” I told her, then pressed a kiss to the tip of her nose.”
― Abbi Glines, The Last Field Party

“No man is buying you anything but me,” he said simply, then put his hand on my back again and led me out to the parking lot.”
― Abbi Glines, The Last Field Party

“I stood in the parking lot that now covered the grassy wooded area where we had once parked our trucks. The only tree still standing was the one I had asked Nash and Ryker not to take down. I’d even promised a yearly donation to the new football complex just to keep that tree. My plan for tonight had been to bring Maggie here, to that tree where I had first kissed her, and ask her to marry me.”
― Abbi Glines, The Last Field Party

“Hell, it’s been five years. One would think my seeing you again wouldn’t affect me. That I would have been over you by now. I thought I was. Then I saw you and nothing had changed. The way you make me feel. My inability to think of anything other than you. My need to be near you. It’s all still right fucking there. I am connected to that football field, and coaching kids on it will mean something to me. But that is not why I took this job. I want to be here because I want that chance now. The one we were too young to take. I want to prove to you I’m not that kid anymore that you can’t trust. The one whose life had screwed him up.” He took a step toward me, and his hand reached out and brushed mine. “My last words to you five years ago were ‘You’ll always be the one.’ I didn’t know then how true they were. But they are. I hadn’t wanted to say good-bye to you because it sounded so fucking final. I couldn’t do it. Deep down I knew then one day I would get that chance. I needed to run from this place and the pain here. You needed to chase your dreams and go your way. But we are both back. We did those things, and we are back where it all began. You don’t have to say anything today. I just needed to tell you.”
― Abbi Glines, The Last Field Party

“The moment you found out she was going to be teaching here, it was in your eyes. You were coming home.” I started to argue but stopped. He was right. There was no use denying it. I had tried life without her in it, and I didn’t like it.”
― Abbi Glines, The Last Field Party