Rachel Hawkins

Ryan rolled his eyes. "Harper, you and David Stark have been circling each other since kindergarden.

I wish we could go to the mo

Kissing looked...nice."We could try that, next time I visit your dreams." Torin suddenly said, and my SpaghettiO's sloshed over the side of the bowl."What?"Torin nodded toward the television. "Kissing. You've never done it, I'm quite good at it...seems like we should at least make an attempt."Glaring at him, I scrubbed at the spot on my T-shirt. "I don't want to kiss you.

All superheroes have origin stories, like how Bruce Wayne__ parents get killed and he goes to Tibet or whatever, and Superman is an alien, and Spiderman had that radioactive spider. Me? I kissed a janitor in the school bathroom

I also like ladies. And not as in shopping buddies, but in the carnal sense.

Jenna slipped in wearing an outfit that I can only describe as Hello Kitty Goes Goth.

He ran his thumb over my lower lip, sending a flurry of sparks through me. "Good-bye, Sophie." -Cal

And the next time I did school stuff in the middle of the night, I just did it in my closet with the door locked. Honestly, what is wrong with this country when striving for excellence means you need antidepressants?

Leave Dad alone" I told Aislinn. "His Britishness is sort-circuiting.

Okay, fine. But just so you know, following me into hell means you're all definitely the sidekicks.

But before he could either comfort me or commit further acts of violence upon my person, I spun away from him and made my drama queen moment complete by running away.

Why had my life suddenly become a Nancy Drew mystery from hell?

How stupid, I thought dreamily, to have ever thought I could give this up. Not just the kissing, although, as Archer__ hands cupped my face, I had toadmit that part was pretty awesome. But all of it: joking with him and working beside him. Being with a guy who was my friend and could stil makeme feel like this.

I would actually write books totally full of nothing BUT kissing scenes, but apparently people like books to have, like, "plots" or whatever.