Tattered Stars

“No running, okay?”
I didn’t look away. “I’ll run if that’s what keeps you safe.”
His expression turned stony. “You run, and I’ll just follow.”

“You showed me that there is more power in facing the ghosts and tearing them down, than pretending they don’t exist.”

We weren’t even together, and I could already see myself following her wherever she went. Because, all of a sudden, I couldn’t imagine my life without her.

“Careful, Hayes, I might start to think you like me a little bit.”
“Heaven forbid.”

“That’s one of the greatest gifts a person can give another. The freedom to be who they truly are.”

Haven’t you ever read
Anne of Green Gables
?”

“I can’t say that I have.
But if there were boob friends, maybe I was missing out.”

I choked