S.C. Stephens

“I knew then, that I would stay with you…even if it killed me.”

“No one’s ever cried for me before. No one’s asked me to stay before…no one. I convinced myself you cared for me.”

“You probably didn’t hear me, but I told you I loved you that night. I couldn’t seem to stop it from slipping out.”

“I couldn’t tell you what I had just figured out. That I desperately loved you.”

“You are so addicting to me.”

“It was nearly instant. I think I started falling for you, the moment you shook my hand.”

“...but I’ve never felt for anyone, what I feel for you. And I’ve never felt from anyone, what I am feeling from you now.”

“You’ve never been in love?” “Until you…no. And no one has loved me either.”

“I didn’t realize it at the time. I really didn’t even think about it, until you. I couldn’t figure out why you were so different to me. .I know now that it’s not right… But it was something. It made me feel less…lonely.”

“I spent that whole damn day wandering around the city trying to figure out how to tell how much I loved you without sounding like an idiot.”

“It didn’t stop me from believing we might have had a chance though.”

“Why me?” “You have no idea how attractive you are to me. I kind of like that.”

“I’ve never wanted anyone, like I want you. Every girl is you to me. You’re all I see…you’re all I want.”

“I couldn’t take the pain. I tried to get over you. Every time with them, I was with you. I’m so sorry…I love you.”

“I’m in love with you,” he whispered, searching my eyes. He looked very pale and very scared, and a little…hopeful.”

“Isn’t this exactly what I wanted? Why do I feel so sad then, like I had suddenly just lost everything?”

“I’ll make this right. It will be like it should be.”

“You and Denny are good together. You should stay with him.”

“This,” he ran a finger down my lips lightly, as more tears fell on my cheeks, “…is over.”

“I still want you. But not while you’re his. Not like this, not like last night.”

“But this… Stop fighting, Kiera. Just say you want this. Tell me you want me…like I want you. I already know you do…”

“This was supposed to be innocent, Kellan!” I spat at him angrily. “We were never innocent, Kiera. How naïve are you?”

“You bought it though. You must think the worst of me.” He sighed softly and looked sad for half a second. “I’m not a monster, Kiera.”

“You really are adorable…do you know that?”

“I rolled my eyes and smiled at him. “You’re impossible.” “True, but you like me anyway.” He pulled me tighter.”

“Well, it was stupid…you could have been seriously hurt, Kellan.” “Better me than you, Kiera,” he whispered.”

“I love you so much for putting up with your crappy job to stay here with me.”“I would put up with much worse to stay here with you.”

“Maybe there was no such thing as innocent flirting.”

“It’s okay if you are. I was just wondering if maybe you were thinking about renegotiating our rules? Can I kiss you yet?”

“I need to be close to you, Kiera. This is the best compromise I can offer you.”

“He frowned again. “Don’t you like this…being with me? Even…just a little?”

“I want you so much. I want you forever. Forgive me… I love you so much.”

“God, I missed you. I missed that.” “Missed what?” “You…your humor, your smile, your touch, your…everything.”

“He was finally feeling what is it to be loved by somebody. To be cared for. To be missed. The simple things that we all take for granted....”

“He was my comfort. He was my solace. Nearly everything I had faced in my young life, I had gotten through because of him, because he was always there for me, with soft words and a tender heart.-Kiera Allen”

“I'm begging you don't give up on me.”

“Love is easy, trust is hard.”

“I'm yours, Kiera, for as long as you want me”

“-You finally get it. -Get what? -That I'm yours. That you can take me anywhere, anytime, anyway. That you own every piece of me..”

“Yeah...thanks for...letting us come...”

“Griffin can't be a dad, Kiera. He just can't. He blows pot into puppies faces, Kiera! Can you picture him around a child?”

“There is nothing about you to be embarrassed about”

“And I was happy...and devastatingly sad too. It was hard, watching someone you had once loved, loving someone else, and loving them more than they'd loved you. But, really, that's exactly what I'd done to Denny with Kellan -Kiera”

“Kiera, I don't want to tell you how to handle your relationship with him, but... you'll never last if you start lying to him -Denny”

“I’d done it. I’d successfully pushed away two wonderful men. My desire to hurt neither of them, ended up hurting them both”

“You should pick one, Kiera. Pick one, and release the other. You can’t keep them both. -Jenny”

“Mornin'" - Kellan Kyle”

“His voice was melted sex. Yes, melted...sex.”

“I'm yours, that you can take me anywhere,anytime, anyway. You own every piece of me”

“The look of wistful passion in Kellan's eyes in that one brief glance almost had me running across the room to throw myself in his arms - Thoughtless”