“Last Year Clare would have a lot to say to This Year Clare if she could have peeked into the future and seen me in Kendra Kiger's house. She'd probably slap me upside the head and say some variation of "Hey, Future Clare, wtf?”

“She’d probably slap me upside the head and say some variation of 'Hey, Future Clare, wtf?”

“Clare. Give me a reason to stay.”

“MY MOUTH OPENED.Way to go, Clare. Way to impress the mother of a prospective boyfriend. Moms love their boys to date psycho overprotective girls.”

“Kendra was on Gabriel like a predator on a slab of meat.”

“I leaned forward and slapped her across the face. Probably a bit harder than I needed to, but it worked.”

“blown into my life like a hurricane, turned me upside down, challengedme at every turn. And, together, we sparked like lightning.”