“But I know I'll never sleep again. I can't close my eyes when I'm next to her. It's like sleeping with a spider.”
“Sleep, Echo. I'm right here and i swear i'll never let anyone hurt you again.”
“So I step into the future, as bravely as I'm able, with my heart longing for a time I'll never see again.”
“My fingers smell like soil and my lips taste like sugar and I'm so awake right now I wonder if I'll be able to sleep tonight.”
“amazingly, i'd actually forgotten that i'm supposed to be plain. i'm so used to alex telling me i'm beautiful. i'm so used to feeling beautiful around him. a hollow opens up in my chest. this is what life will be like without him: everything will become ordinary again. i'll become ordinary again.”