“I don’t mind waiting rooms. I’m waiting on the love of my life, so I may as well have a seat, right?”

“Do you have to use the ladies’ room or something?” Livia asked.“No. No, I don’t. I just can’t wait. I’m having all sorts of problems with the waiting.”Livia knew her sister’s secret would bubble out of her soon.Cole put a hand on Kyle’s shoulder. “You wanted to wait, remember? Tell her if you can’t stand it anymore.”At that, Kyle exploded. She waved her sparkling left hand in front of her. “Oh my God! I’m engaged! I’m marrying Cole!”

“Waiting for my real life to start is no excuse to waste the life I have right now.”

“I spent my whole life just killing time- waiting and waiting-waiting for something to change, even though I had absolutely no idea what that might be. I waited for the day to end. I waited in fear for the next day to begin. I waited and waited and waited and lied to myself that magically it would be all right.”

“Perhaps I’m tired of waiting for something I may never find.”

“You may be right,' she said, a phrase which here meant 'I’m wrong, but I don’t have the courage to say so.”