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I care about you !" he roared. "Christ!" He took a deep breath. "I'm trying here, Aimee. Maybe I don't say it pretty enough for you. But this is me, trying."
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I would never treat you like those other guys, Torrey, I promise. But yeah, okay, I get it.
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I didn't leave because I didn't love you enough, Kes; I left because I loved you too much, and it was breaking my heart that you couldn't trust me. I'd done everything I could to fit into your world, and it still wasn't enough. There were things about your life that you didn't want to share with me--you must see that there's no future in a relationship like that?
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It hurt so badly to be away from you. I suppose if my parents' marriage taught me anything, it was not to be the person who was left behind. So I ran, afraid that you would run first, sooner or later.
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Let me make love to you, Torrey Delaney,
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I preferred my Papa's version: 'Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men'. A
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Do you want kids?" I asked tentatively. "It's just you've never said anything before." Kes paused as he kicked off his pants. His eyes were guarded when he replied. "Don't you?" "I do. I think I do. Not yet, but one day." Kes stared at me steadily. "Do you want kids?" . My poor boy still didn't believe that I'd stay. Why should he? No one in his world ever had before."
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Our sex life seemed to be of great interest to everyone, and I hated that. Other women slyly commented that they'd heard us inside the RV. Well, they couldn't have heard Kes, because he was never loud, not even when he came. Embarrassingly, it must be my gasps and screams that they were hearing, unless it was the sound of me being thoroughly pounded. Yeah, not at all embarrassing.
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I really want to kiss you right now.
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I think," I said, slowly, "that meeting you has been the best thing that's ever happened to me."
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Don't give up on me, Torrey," I said, not too proud to beg. "I've only got six-and-a-half weeks left. "God, don't leave me, sweetheart. Not now."
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No, sweetheart. But the only thing I'd miss if I went back now would be you.
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LOOK IN THE MIRROR THAT's YOUR COMPETITION
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We get to see America. Ollo says that we're adventurers, not tourists.
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I'VE GONE THROUGH THE PAIN THROUGH THE TRIAL BY FIRE
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I WANT YOU SCREAMING MY NAME I WANT YOU TO SAY IT WASN'T A MISTAKE
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I'd do whatever it took to hold onto her. Even if that meant letting her go.
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Giving up only accomplishes one thing: failure.
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If I wanted to listen to an arsehole, I'd fart a tune," she said, her voice hard and clear."
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But then again, perhaps life is what happens when you least expect it.
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God, Aimee, we'll make it work," he growled out against my skin. "I know we can make it work. Don't ever leave me again. Please, baby, please."
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I really want to take you to bed now, Aimee. I really fucking need to know that you're my girl.
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Hide sighed. "Just like his brother - always on the go. Sometimes I just want to lie in bed and sleep - without sex." I burst out laughing. "I can't imagine that happening anytime soon." Hilde grinned at me. "I would probably complain if it did. But I save money on my gym membership. My thighs could crack walnuts."
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You've always been my girl, Aimee. The only one who ever mattered. You know that, right?
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Don't know what you see in him." She shrugged. "He's pretty, and when he goes down on me, I cum like a volcano."
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We stole the eagle from the Air Force, the anchor from the Navy, and the rope from the Army. On the seventh day when God rested, we overran the perimeter and stole the globe--we've been running the show ever since. We live like soldiers, talk like sailors, and slap the hell out of both of them at the same time. Fighter by day, lover by night, drunkard by choice, and a United States Marine by an act of God.
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I'd marry you tomorrow if you'd have me.
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Just because...because the sky is blue and the sea is green.
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don't let life be something that happens while you're looking in the other direction.
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When your world crashes down... When they all say you're out... When your body is broken... I will rise. I will return. And I will be undefeated.
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I love you ... And I didn't want to be in love with you ... The people you love always let you down; they always leave you. That's all I knew. But you...you kept coming back.
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You have to walk a mile in another man's shoes before you judge him.
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Being close to death, I knew that I wanted to live. I wanted to experience it all. With Jack.
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I've waited too long to find you. I'm not letting you go now.
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Being a parent means you're an expert in guilt.
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An odd coughing sound came out of me, and I realized I was almost laughing. The recognition hurt my chest, and I stopped immediately. I didn't deserve to laugh.
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Kes leaned back in his chair and stared at me appraisingly. He wants you but he can't have you. I know how that feels.
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We had trust, yes, but the practicalities hadn't changed. Our lives were thousands of miles apart, and our dreams didn't seem to be any closer together either. Something would have to give. Or rather, one of us would have to give
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I drove without a destination, idly wondering what problems troubled other drivers locked in their glass and metal worlds, individual and isolated. Were they pondering the meaning of life, itemizing shopping lists in their heads, or simply idling in traffic, minds full of happy non-thoughts?
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He was apologizing, I knew, but it would have been nice to hear the words, just once. "You hurt me," I said quietly. He kissed the top of my head, . "You embarrassed me in front of those people." Another kiss, "We're supposed to be a team: if you've got a plan, you should tell me about it." And I felt his lips against my forehead. "
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No, I'm just allergic to cheating trollops--it makes me break out in sarcasm.
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Kes gave me his shy smile again and my heart was captured from that moment. I didn't know it then; I didn't understand what it meant, but whenever I looked at him, my skin felt warm, like my own personal sun was shining just for me.
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I had two weeks of memories that shone as insubstantial as my dreams, and fifty long weeks to wait for my life to start again.
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This way, princess," and he ushered me inside. I plopped down into the enormous captain's chair, staring at a dashboard that looked like it belonged on the Starship Enterprise. Kes pushed a button and the engine roared into life. "I can't believe you're here," he grinned at me. "Neither can I!" His smile dimmed. "I've waited a long time for this," he said. Then he leaned across, gripping the back of my head as he kissed me thoroughly...
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