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My fingers lightly trace her arm and I swear she presses closer to me. I'd love to kiss her right now. Not the type of kiss that makes her body come alive. The type of kiss that shows her how much I care - the type that involves my soul.
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Katie McGarry |
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A warm, tickling touch crashed me back to earth. Maybe it sent me straight to heaven. Either way, it dragged me out of hell.
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Katie McGarry |
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acf91d5
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This overwhelming, encompassing feeling is love. It's not perfect and it's messy as hell. And it's exactly what I need.
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ryan
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Katie McGarry |
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01d8593
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I don't want to be without you. I like who I am with you, and I don't want to go back to who I was before." "I love you, Rachel. So this will work. No matter what or who stands in our way."
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love
isaiah-walker
rachel-young
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Katie McGarry |
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42e7258
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You're falling for me like I'm falling for you. That's why you're pushing me so hard.
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Katie McGarry |
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112ba50
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Beth had been both wrong and right. Echo couldn't hurt anyone, especially when she seemed so breakable herself. But the need I felt to be the one to keep the world from shattering her only confirmed Beth's theory. I was falling for her and I was fucked.
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Katie McGarry |
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91ab236
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I know crazy when I see it." The moment the words flew out of my mouth I regretted them. Sometimes when you see the line, you think it's a good idea to cross it--until you do.~Noah"
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Katie McGarry |
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8bc85a6
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Screw what Mom and Dad think. Screw the rest of the town. Screw perfection. This girl is mine.
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Katie McGarry |
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a038a29
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You know a lot about math," I said. You know a lot about math? What type of statement was that? Right along the lines of "Hey, you have hair and it's red and curly." Real smooth."
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echo-and-noah
katie-mcgarry
echo-emerson
noah-hutchins
pushing-the-limits
sweet
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Katie McGarry |
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9d518b3
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Maybe this is what happens when you fall in love. On the outside a lighter is nothing amazing, but it holds all the ingredients that can create something wonderful. With a few pushes in the right direction, you can inspire something so brilliant that it pushes back the darkness.
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Katie McGarry |
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ae875f4
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Wow. I thought I was the only person at this school faking every moment.
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Katie McGarry |
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7d52be3
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Here's the thing- I love you and I love her, but I swear to God I'll kick your ass if you hurt her.
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lacy
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Katie McGarry |
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9ac2a84
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I loved fast driving.Isaiah and I had drag raced all last summer. What I didn't love was a middle-aged nut job who couldn't steer straight.
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Katie McGarry |
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8e77b3b
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Just like she'd said, she'd gone back to her life and, in theory, I'd gone back to mine. Problem? I didn't like mine, not without her. - Noah
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Katie McGarry |
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dacedb9
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Jocks usually aren't smart. Their muscles feast on their brains.
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humor
jocks
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Katie McGarry |
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9367493
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Trust. Why not ask me to do something easier, like prove the existence of God? Even God had given up on me.
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Katie McGarry |
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de0731d
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There are edges around the black and every now and then a flash of color streaks out of the gray. But I can never really grasp any of the slivers of memories that emerge.
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memories
sadness
traumatic
remember
memory-loss
remembering
ptsd
trauma
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Katie McGarry |
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4506b23
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My siren had sung to me for way too long, capturing my heart, tempting me with her body, driving me slowly insane. Now, I expected her to pay up.
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Katie McGarry |
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48aa400
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I won't let you go." I blink. As if he could stop me. "You won't let me go." "No, I won't let you go. You're mine and I don't lose."
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Katie McGarry |
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8ac2b93
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Beth feels likes this storm. Constant and persistent as a whole, but the more I get close and try to clutch the individual drops of rain, the more the water falls out of my hands.
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Katie McGarry |
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Don't think of it as falling. Think of it as jumping- with me." "How is jumping better?" "Falling happens. Jumping you choose."
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Katie McGarry |
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46c3efb
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Because the only way anyone will ever be okay with me is if they love me. Really love me enough to not care that I'm damaged.
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Katie McGarry |
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d3bd9b8
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Think she could have told us we were going to fight the NFL?" "Would that have stopped you?" "No" "Me either." The laughter between the two of us echoed into the night."
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Katie McGarry |
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b148b74
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His dark brown eyes shifted to my covered arms. "You didn't do that-did you? It was done to you?"No one ever asked that question. They stared. They whispered. They laughed. But they never asked."
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Katie McGarry |
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29fdf5e
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She revealed her pale face and sniffed again. One red curl clung to her tearstained cheek. My hand reached out to release it, but I hesitated a mere heartbeat away from her skin. I swear to God she quit breathing and even blinking, and for a second so did I. In a deliberate movement, I freed the curl.~Noah
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Katie McGarry |
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b49b997
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I added a fucked-up thought to another fucked-up thought and I created a pile of shit.
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Katie McGarry |
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31b9dda
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This isn't me giving him a memory. This is me giving him my heart.
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Katie McGarry |
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4773228
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My father was a strange combination of drill instructor and Alice's white rabbit: he always had someplace important to go and enjoyed bossing everyone else around.
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Katie McGarry |
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359f6f3
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The temperature jumped another ninety degrees. Why couldn't anyone see in my life how awesome Noah was? I shoved up my sleeves, welcoming the cold air on my skin. "Echo, stop!" Ashley propelled her self out of the gliter. I froze and then remembered Ashley was damaged. I was going on a date, not to Vegas to elope. Noah's strong hand slipped over my wrist before he entwined his fingers with mine. The sensation of warm flesh against an are..
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Katie McGarry |
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a66139b
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It's our rain, Beth.
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Katie McGarry |
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c667aac
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I've fallen in love with him. I've done it. I've given him power over me.
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Katie McGarry |
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73fa12a
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I told you that you deserved better." My heart lifted at the sound of that deep, michivious voice. "Noah?" "Echo, you look..." He let his eyes wander down my body and then slowly back up. A wicked grin spread across his face. "Appetizing." "Like a chicken wing appetizing or succulent hamburger appetizing?" "Appetizing as in your boyfriend's a moron to leave you alone." "He's not my boyfriend." "Good. Because i was going to ask you to ..
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Katie McGarry |
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8829706
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This is who I am, Rachel . Accept it or not. The tattoos won't wash off. The earrings will never change. I am who I am and nothing more. I'm loyal to a chosen few, I always keep my word and I'll protect you with my life. "I scare the hell out of most people, but you will never have anything to fear from me. Choose. Love me or don't. But tell me now." Because I can't leave my heart open for her to rip out later. If I belong to her, then I d..
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Katie McGarry |
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68df764
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How could he love her when she'd destroyed so much?
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Katie McGarry |
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a029cec
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I'm in love with you. I'm in love with you and I don't know how to make you feel better. I'm in love with you and I shouldn't be. I'm in love with you and once you figure out who I am, you're not going to love me. I'm in love with you and I seem to fuck up the ones who love me back.
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love
take-me-on
west
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Katie McGarry |
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9037ec0
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I wish I could sleep with you," Echo's sexy-ashell drowsy voice mumbled through the phone. "Say the word, baby, and I'll rock your world."
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Katie McGarry |
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c0687cb
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I need you." "I'm here." And we sit in silence."
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friendship
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Katie McGarry |
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9485da0
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Baseball isn't just a game. It's the smell of popcorn drifting in the air, the sight of bugs buzzing near the stadium lights,the roughness of the dirt beneath your cleats. It's the anticipation building in your chest as the anthem plays, the adrenaline rush when your bat cracks against the ball, and the surge of blood when the umpire shouts after you pitch. It's a team full of guys backing your every move, a bleacher full of people cheeri..
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ryan
passions
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Katie McGarry |
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81b775d
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Quiet anger frightens me. The drunks, the idiots, the ones that rage easily - them I can handle. I know when to step out of their way. It's the ones that hold the anger in, the men that think about what they do and how they do it, that scare me. They're the ones that cause damage.
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dare-you-to
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Katie McGarry |
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9883942
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I met his dark brown eyes. His fingers skimmed the back of my hand. The sensation tickled like a spring breeze yet hit me like a wave rushing from the ocean.
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Katie McGarry |
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966de9c
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One day I'll get a tattoo for you." Warmth explodes in my chest, in awe that he would mark himself for me. "You don't have to." "I will." His fingers trace my cheek and chills of pleasure run down my spine. "It's what I do. Each tattoo represents the only happy memories I've had. And you, Rachel, you're the happiest."
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romance
tattooed-bad-boys
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Katie McGarry |
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495864d
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Noah drew me closer to him. "It's okay. I've got you."
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love
noah-and-echo
katie-mcgarry
noah-hutchins
pushing-the-limits
sweet
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Katie McGarry |
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db989b0
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One day I'll get a tattoo for you." Warmth explodes in my chest, in awe that he would mark himself for me. "You don't have to." "I will." His fingers trace my cheek and chills of pleasure run down my spine. "It's what I do. Each tattoo represents the only happy memories I've had. And you, Rachel, you're the happiest." --
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romance
tattooed-bad-boys
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Katie McGarry |
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2a2f5d3
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I stood up and kissed the top of Beth's head. "You ready, bro?" "I've been waiting for you to catch up, man." Isaiah opened the front door, his eyes cold and deadly. Beth's one good eye widened. "No," she whispered. "I ain't bailing you boys out," said Dale. "Never asked you to," I said and walked for the door."
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Katie McGarry |