“I pushed his hair away from his eyes and took a closer look at his cheek. Maybe there really had been a… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“Do you get it now,Becks?" Jack wrapped a finger around a long strand of my hair, and we were quiet as it… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“Jack?" "Mmmm?" The band was playing a softer song, mellow and slow. "Why did you ask me out when you did?" I… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“I decided to write a myth." "Have you figured out a topic? A moral conundrum?" "Yes." "What is it?" I heard Jack's… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“Jack took me to the Christmas Dance. It snowed the day of the dance, making the Meier Farmhouse and Dance Hall look… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“Thanks," Jack said. "My car's back at the store.If we can just make it there." Will noticed me for the first time.… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“ SOPHOMORE YEAR Before he was mine and I was his... "You weren't in the lunchroom today," Jack said, coming up behind… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“Do you want to know the first time I ever saw you?" he said with his lips at my ear. I knew… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“Thats not what I mean." He seemed flustered. Very un Jack-like. "I just mean...What do I mean?" "Are you asking me?" He… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“Look, Nik, I know you don't like public scrutiny lately. If you stand off to the side, all mopey and such, without a date,… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“I’d found my redemption, and my hero. And I was going to get him back.” — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“It's just that even though I'm totally old and unhip,I remember what boys in high school were like.Especially the kind like Jack Caputo." "What… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“Did you forgive her?" I looked at her with a start. Jack dropped his salad back in the bucket. "What?" "Did you forgive Nikki?"… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“Hey,Nik." I turned around to see Cole, dressed head to toe in black. Black suit, black shirt,black tie hanging loose around his neck. He… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“He took a deep breath and held out his hand. "We got off to a bad start, but you're obviously a friend of Becks's."… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“Stop thinking about it, Nik!" "What?" He grinned and shook his head. "You know what. You're looking at my hair like an addict at… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“Faith?” The word popped out before I could think about it. “Faith in what? A higher power? The gods? The universe?” My voice cracked… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“I know that look. It comes in the quiet moments, like this one. I know you're thinking that this is all your fault and… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“Jack was behind it,waiting, with the corner of his lip pulled up in not quite a smile. "What?" he demanded. "What what?" I asked.… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“I had believed there was no such thing as redemption. I knew now I was wrong. Redemption had not come from grand gestures of… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“One last question, if you have a moment…” Jack said. “Shoot.” “How do you kill an Akh ghost?” There was a pause on the… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
