Christine Zolendz

“because i promise you, i will pick up every broken little piece of you, every single fucking piece, Grace, and for the rest of my fucking life i will put you back together”

“Your evil cannot darken this tale, it was written from the heavens.”

“This, right here with you is the closest that I'll ever come to heaven That's all right by me, because you are my heaven, Grae.”

“You, Grace, you're my heaven.”

“Are you actually hoping my boobs are going to talk back to you? Do you think they'll tell you my name?”

“You know, that's the fairy-tale I'd write for you, Grace. You and Shane. One hot rock star badass and one beautiful rock star badass with a happily ever after.”

“I've spent my entire existence trying to create this perfect fairytale happy ever after future; bending fate to the way I thought it should be, or living in a past I was never supposed to have. I've never lived in the present, and cherished the moments I'm in.”

“Grace Taylor, I am going to kiss you right now and you are not going to run away from me, because you have no excuse now. Then you are going to go back upstairs to be and all you are going to think about are my fucking lips on yours and nothing else.”

“Do you still love him?""Always and forever, and then an eternity after.”

“I wanted to wrap that moment up in tissue paper and save it forever someplace near my heart, just so I could take it out and look at it when the world was too harsh. The beautiful drunk boy in the pillow fort in my living room telling me I was exquisite.”

“Oh, go to hell, Gabriel! What are you going to do, flap you wrings around and throw your halon at me?”

“I made a vow to myself to never be fooled again by a man or a halo wearing asshole with wings.”

“Lea, I want to lick him up like a freaking cherry ice pop, let him melt in my mouth, get all sticky and lick my fingers clean. But so does every other girl he meets. And I'm like the last girl in line, a line that freaking wraps around the corner.”

“You changed him, Grace, like a God damn lightning bolt to the heart.”

“What's a fuckasstard, Virgin?""It's a fucking asshole retard or a fucking ass in a leotard.”

“I don't know how it is to fuck him Shane, I did not fuck Ethan. I have never slept with anyone, actually. I was saving myself for that ex-boyfriend... he was in...um...jail, but when he got out, he didn't want me anymore and left.”

“Thank God, I was with Ethan. Imagine if I had drunk with Tucker. He would have slept with me, married me and forced me to eat sushi all in one night without me even knowing it.”

“What the eff are you two alcoholics talking about? You're all hovering over each other like you're plotting to take over the world. You know you can't do any of that fun stuff without me.”

“Stop, Lea. I don't get happily-ever afters. Those are just for fairytales and porn.”

“Life isn't made of miracles, roses and cotton fucking candy, Lea.”

“This is your life, Lea. Mine was over centuries ago, but you have the future, things to hope for and look forward to. I'm just here for one thing. I don't want anything to happen to you or Conner, even Shane or Tucker, because you're all trying to save me.”

“I'd never get to see heaven, but at least I got to feel it once in a kiss.”

“In another life, Shane, if I was anybody but me, I would have loved to be loved by you.”

“No, Grace. I don't have a heart. I did once, but I gave it to a girl and I let her keep it when she died.”

“Are you guys okay? That must have been terrifying.""What? Being in the fire or the thought of having to sleep over at Tucker's? Because both seem like a nightmare to me.”

“Grace, baby, please, please wake up. Grace, please don't leave me, please. I love you.”

“I didn't flinch, I didn't move away, and I leaned into him. I wanted him to think that Grace would have loved him, because she would have.”

“Please don't be sorry, Grace. I am your friend and I'm here if you need to talk about anything or need a shoulder to cry on.""Thanks.""Especially if that's the only way I'll ever get to hold you.”

“Why settle for something like that, when you've tasted heaven and you'll always know what you're missing?”

“Gray, I could cover your face in shit and make you wear tampons for earrings and you still would be the hottest girl in the bar. Besides me, of course.""So why am I getting all dressed up? Where's the shit and tampons?”

“I don't know how to do this, tell me how to fix us”

“Please, Grace, whatever it is you're going after, please try to find it here with me. I will try my best to be the man that you need me to be.”

“A smile like that can give a man hope”

“Tell me. Tell me, Grace, that you don't feel this. Please. Tell me and I will walk right out of here”

“His lips touched mine again, breathing me in like I was his air, then he tore his mouth from mine; panting. "Please Grace, whatever it is you're going after, please try to find it here in me. I will try my best to be the man that you need me to be.”

“I glared at Shane, who gave me an innocent look. With the most serious expression I could make, I joked, “Some of my close friends have called me Black Widow, because after I sleep with someone, I kill them.” Shane looked at me evenly, matching my serious expression, “I have no doubt in my mind that you have had that effect on men, since I feel like I’ve died every time you’ve smiled at me.”

“Mine," Shane said. "Move away." HIS? Oh, I am so yours Shane Maxton.”

“Psf. I'm not an alcoholic. An alcoholic needs a drink. Look here," I explained raising my next shot to her. "I already have one. S therefore, I do not need one. Which makes me not an alcoholic.”

“…if you’re going to be a smart ass you should start with being smart, otherwise, you’re really just an ass.”

“Iam kind of hoping the rest of my night will be full os regretful behavior and irreversible decisions.”

“That, that right there. That's it, that feeling, that moment of breathlessness, that little surge in your chest, the prickle of heat along your skin and the low hot roll of your belly, that's what being alive is all about.”

“Got plans for the rest of the day?"I looked back at him and my heart just stopped. Then it just started again thudding erratically. What the hell does that mean? I feel like I'm having a heart attack."No plans," I whispered. Test drive your mattress? Let me pretend to be a Skittle and you can taste my rainbow? Fifty Shades me? Please! Oh, holy horror, I'm freaking losing it.”

“With my guitar, I could write my own stories, my own poems, and my own destiny. No one could take away the feelings, the emotions or the truth of my notes. They could hide secrets and provoke images of words that never should be whispered. I could compose the melody of my aching heart and write into it my own happily ever after since no one seemed to think after all my suffering I deserved one. That's okay, I would make my own.”

“I've waited for what feels like two thousand years to tell you how much I love you and to touch your lips again.”

“Grace," he whispered as he slid his fingers over my swollen lips. "I want to be inside you so damn bad right now. But when I do that, I want to hear you scream my fucking name as you claw your nails down my back.”

“Then let me in, because I promise you, I will pick up every little broken piece of you, every single fucking piece, Grace, and for the rest of my fucking life, I will put you back together… I’ll make you whole again.”

“The first kiss, the first time my lips were on yours...the hell...I wouldn't take one moment of it back...”

“Giggling, I drifted into a rendition of You’re so Vain by Carly Simon to Lost Cause from Beck, stopping after (I Hate) Everything About You by Ugly Kid Joe.“Nice, Grace. What was that a montage of how I feel about Shane songs?”

“I swung the door open and seductively leaned against it. The ultimate badass looked like he was having a heart attack.”

“All I Need are Shoes, Booze and Bad boys with Tattoos.”