young-adult-fiction

No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama."-Inside Out and Back Again

But when you don't follow them up with any action, they're completely pointless. They're just sounds and syllables. But they mean absolutely nothing.

[Reggie] had a way of picking the bad ideas, which is why we should__e just said no.(from GAMELAND Episode 1: Deep into the Game)

Is that your cheap way of telling me you want to kiss

You were lookin_ at me like you wanted to kiss me.__ force a laugh. __eah, right,_ I say sarcastically.__obody__ watchin_ if you want to, you know, try it. Not to brag, but I__ somewhat of an expert.

Don't get me wrong. I love to be alone. When I am by myself, I get to create my own version of reality where I am the popular girl and really pretty, and friends can't wait to talk to me. -Madisyn

I love you, Tess McGee. I don__ do big funny or heartfelt speeches in front of people at birthday parties, but I__ excellent in private alcoves in beer gardens._ He paused. __kay, that sounded really bad, what I mean is __ kissed him into silence. I pressed my forehead against his with a sigh. __ love you, too, Toby. In fact, that__ what I was going to tell you before we walked into the beer garden. Right before the really bad singing started.__oby chuckled. He let out a sigh of relief. __eady to reminisce?__ whispered my final word before he closed the distance.__lways.

I__ not going anywhere until you hear me out.__h, please no. Anything except having to listen to her lecture. I push the button that calls the

See? Instead of thinking of a way to help my people, all I can think of is the smell of your hair and that small dimple on your cheek when you smile._ (Victor)

I don__ know who those other people are and what they did to you, but I__ not one of them,_ I whispered, on the verge of tears. (Molly)__ou are. You just don__ know yet._ (Victor)

You can__ keep her.__ know that. But I__ not ready to give her up just yet.

But first I had to get through the ironing. It took a lot of patience. I had none. It took forever, and then I had to press the whole shirt again to get out the creases I__ pressed into it.

And the scary thing is, I__ on a fast track to that same aviary. Unless I find my wings.

Oh, God _ you__e so beautiful,_ I said in a weak voice, my head enchanted. He smiled at me and turned to the thin, elderly lady next to him whose skin seamed with wrinkles.__he must still have a fever,_ Victor said, fighting a smile, which just made him even more breathtaking.

I realise it__ going to happen. This girl of my dreams, this girl who is more like me than anyone I__e ever met, wants to kiss me.

I could__e gone on and on but the truth was all that mattered. __y brother died because someone was jealous.

Can you put your hands on my crot

She might have been there for you in the aftermath, but I was there when everything came crashing down.