“At any rate, Daddy usually comes to my defence. Without him I wouldn't be able to stick out here.”
“My wallet was getting even more anorexic than usual. At this rate I wouldn't be able to afford to protect mankind from the perils of black magic. Hells bells, that would be really embarrassing.”
“I usually wouldn't be this close to you without a tetnus shot.”
“This is not good. This is not right. My feet stick out of bed all night. And when I pull them in, oh dear! My head sticks out of bed out here!”
“This is my friend, Sebastian.' 'Best friend,' I blurted out and then wanted to punch myself in the face for sounding so dumb. At this rate, I'd be painting nails with her any day now. Thank God, Jaden wasn't here.”
“. . . I still wouldn't be able to control myself around him, and I'm math geek enough to know that equation doesn't work out.”