I turn my head so that he doesn't see my smile and secretly curse him for making me feel special.

Kay was only half skinny-dipping, but she fervently wished she’d worn something a bit more substantial than a baseball cap and the bottom half of the quintessential teeny-weenie yellow polka-dot bikini.

Lindsey imagined him looking like a model in his business clothes, shopping for toilet parts for her. Perfect. What girl wouldn't want a smokin' hot guy associating her with toilet parts?

I didn’t have to look at him to know I’d just lost everything I’d ever wanted because I felt it. I felt the loss seep into bone and tissue. I felt it settle between the cracks in my heart and the empty holes in my soul.

We can't predict what's going to happen, but having love is worth the risk.

Just give me more, better memories to replace the bad ones. I’ll be back to normal before we know it.

You don’t put pressure on me to be something I’m incapable of being. You accept me exactly how I am.

And this, my friends, is how love f*cks up your life.

I want to be in the water with you again, nani girl.' Her knees went weak and trembles raced down her spine. Beautiful girl had been a special nickname only he used.

We all have scars. Just because mine are hidden doesn’t make them any less painful.