“NO PDA,school rules. And besides she's my partner dickhead." said Alex.”

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be a dickhead. Well, I did.”

“Nothin'," Alex says. "We'll talk later, chica. It's not a big deal." "Don't chica me, Alex," his bride snaps. "I think she's gonna deck him," Ben murmurs, amused.”

“Alex kneels down to Shelley's level. The simple act of respect tears at something suspiciously like my heart. Colin always ignores my sister, treating her as if she's blind and deaf as well as physically and mentally disabled.”

“Alex took a piece of my heart with him when he left.”

“Alex probably brings his dates sharp knives as gifts, in case she'll need one when she's out on a date with him.”

“Didn't you learn anything from my mistakes?" he asks.Shit, when Alex was in the Latino Blood back in Chicago I worshiped him. "You don't want to hear my answer to that.”