“I'm winning a date with you. Granted, it's the frigging lamest date on earth, but I'm winning it anyway.”

“It would be a bad thing because I'm afraid to gamble with your heart, Evan. I'm afraid to hurt you.”

“I'm in love. Twice. It's not a love that divides fifty-fifty. It's not a love that's split between good and bad, safe and dangerous, real and imaginary. It's all mixed up, confused, good, bad and ugly love times two, and it's all mine.”

“Are you going to kiss me?" I blabbered stupidly."I'm working up the nerve," he said softly.”

“I'm powerless against a bad boy and his hot kisses.”

“Why don't you wear those tiny shorts when you run, like they do in the movies?" His voice was low and sexy, and he knew it."Because I'm not in a movie. I know it's confusing, since you obviously live 'The Saxon Show' day and night, but some of us want to live a boring, old, normal high school life, you know?”

“What he doesn't realize is that I'm already standing at the bottom, waiting to catch him. And I never miss.”