I couldn’t help but think she’d gotten her chest plus…

“A dog wash?” Bird repeated the next morning. I’d called her to let her know I needed to talk. She was making her Scoopin’…

— Rachel Hawthorne

“You never talk to the pitcher when…” He shook his head. “You just never talk to the pitcher when--” “I just wanted to congratulate…

— Rachel Hawthorne

“Hey, ya'll,can we go?" Leah asked. "The cute guys are gonna be taken by the time we get there." "No,they won't be," Sam said,"Because…

— Rachel Hawthorne

“I haven’t had cotton candy in forever,” he said. “I’d forgotten how…sugary it is.” “It’s pure sugar.” “I wonder who invented it.” “I think…

— Rachel Hawthorne

“Deception may give us what we want for the present, but it will always take it away in the end.”

— Rachel Hawthorne

“You’ve got Mac. When we went to get drinks at the concert, all he talked about was how cool you were. And Jason? The…

— Rachel Hawthorne

“Dani, I saw your roster that night at Ben and Jerry’s, when it fell out of your bag. I unfolded it, shouldn’t have, but…

— Rachel Hawthorne

“ Crack! I covered my head, ducked down. Bird didn’t laugh. She likened me to a survivor of some traumatic event who is always…

— Rachel Hawthorne

“I'm trying to figure out how much I need to deposit into the Kate-have-a-good-time fund," he said. "It's pretty empty.You might have to make…

— Rachel Hawthorne

“I wasn’t usually one to toot my own horn, which could also explain the no-boyfriend-status of my life. If bright plumage was the key,…

— Rachel Hawthorne

“I need to figure out what it was I did that made me hit the home run.” “You connected the bat to the ball.”…

— Rachel Hawthorne

“I found him in the kitchen, at the table in the bay window, already eating his cereal. “I was going to fix you breakfast,”…

— Rachel Hawthorne

“Sides, i don't like the posed pics.They're not the real person.They're a reflection of what the person wants the world to think of her-not…

— Rachel Hawthorne

“I can't believe you'd rather hold handle bars than a girl." He angled his head thoughtfully."I hadn't considered that." "Maybe you should." He hopped…

— Rachel Hawthorne

“He finally cleared his throat. "Well, huh." "Yeah," I said. "What now?" "Well"—he cleared his throat again—"I guess you and I go. I mean,…

— Rachel Hawthorne