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He grinned again. We'd only been seeing each other for a few weeks now, but this easy give-and-take still surprised me. From that very first day in my...more

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Relationships dont always make sense. Especially from the outside

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I wondered if emotions were like menstrual cycles, if you get enough women together. Give it time, and everyone was crying.

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Rogerson," I asked him sweetly as we sat watching a video in the pool house, "where would I find the pelagic zone?""In the open sea," he said. "Now sh...more

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Your mother won a special reward," she told me, "because everyone had a head in her pictures. We all applauded.

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I'd heard of Evergreen Care Center before. Cass and I had always made fun of the stupid ads they ran on TV, featuring some dragged-out woman with a li...more

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Isn't that the way everything begins? A night, a love, a once and for all.

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Everything in life had its phases, and if you were smart, you learned to appreciate them all. What really mattered, though, were the people in those m...more

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For you, I wish for second chances

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I'm sorry," I heard him say again. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a sudden blur of movement as he slid out of his seat, left some bills for ...more

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I would have thought this would make me feel better.. getting to be the one to leave and not the one left behind. But it didn't. Not at all.

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I said, somewhat confused, “What’s the problem?”[Kristy] rolled her eyes. Beside her, Monica said, “Donneven.”“Kristy.” Delia shook her head. “This is...more

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I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at leas...more

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You want to take me to a movie?" I asked. "Well, not really," he said. "What I really want is for you to be my girlfriend. But I thought saying that m...more