Becca Fitzpatrick, Hush, Hush

"If you can't feel, why did you kiss me?"Patch traced a finger along my collarbone, then headed south stopping at my heart. I felt it pounding through my skin. "Because I feel it here, in my heart,"he said quietly."

"Say 'provoking' again. Your mouth looks provocative when you do."

"But if I hadn't fallen, I wouldn't have met you."

"Say 'provoking' again. Your mouth looks provocative when you do."

"You possess other people's...bodies."He accepted that statement with a nod."Do you want to possess my body?""I want to do a lot of things to your body, but that's not one of them."

"Keep in mind that people change, but the past doesn't."

"All this time I've hated myself for it. I thought I'd given it up for nothing. But if I hadn't fallen, I wouldn't have met you."

"Hang on, did you just call me Angel?"I asked."If I did?""I don't like it."He grinned. "It stays, Angel."

"I don't go out with strangers,"I said."Good thing I do. I'll pick you up at five."

"You smell good, too,” said PatchIt’s called a shower.” I was staring straight ahead. When he didn’t answer, I turned sideways. “Soap. Shampoo. Hot water.”Naked. I know the drill."

"One more secret smile. One more shared laugh. One more electric kiss. Finding him was like finding someone I didn't know I was searching for."

"Tacos.""Tacos?"I echoed.This seemed to amuse him. "Tomatoes, lettuce, cheese.""I know what a taco is!"

"Right then, I wanted to go back in time and relive every moment with him. One more secret smile, one more shared laugh. One more electric kiss. Finding him was like finding someone I didn't know I was searching for. He’d come into my life too late, and now was leaving too soon. I remembered him telling me he’d give up everything for me. He already had."

"It isn't about love,"Vee said. "It's about fun."

"I called Vee."How are you doing?"I asked."Good. How are you?""Good."Silence."Okay,"Vee said in a rush, "I am still totally freaked out. You?""Totally."

"Don't blame me. Tell your mom to move closer. Tell her there's this new club called civilization and you guys should join."

"Are you gloating inside? That's what this is about, isn't it? Getting me to trust you so you could blow it up in my face!"[...]"I get that you're angry—,"said Patch."I am ripped apart!"I shouted."