“In my rush, I hadn’t tied my shoelaces. Noah was now tying them for me. He looked up at me through his dark fringe of lashes and smiled. The expression on his face melted me completely. I knew I had the goofiest grin plastered on my lips, and didn’t care. “There,” he said as he finished tying the laces on my left shoe. “Now you won’t fall.”Too late.”
“There," he said as he finished tying the laces on my left show. "Now you won't fall.Too late.”
“He finished tying the knot and looked me in the face and I felt my gaze fall from his eyes to his lips and back again. "Why are you giving it back to me?" I asked. He pressed his thumb to my bottom lip and I heard an intake of air. That was me, I thought, before my head started to spin. Then he bent his head and kissed me. Just lightly, for a short few seconds before drawing away again.”
“This is our true tie," he whispered, his breath falling hotly onto my lips. "You're meant for me, and I will have you.”
“I tie my smile like a shoelace.”
“-You are on the verge of being truly mad.-No, not at all. Look at me. I can tie my shoelaces. See?”