“If you knew how hard I found it to stay on my side of the hall last night after we finished watching… — Rachel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“Can I ask you a question?” I asked after a few minutes. “Sure.” “I’ve always wondered…what exactly do a catcher and pitcher… — Rachel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“Mom told me you got hit by a ball last night, but I didn’t think it would be that nasty looking. Does… — Rachel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“I’m going to miss all the takeout,” Jason said later, after dinner, when I walked him out to his car. “Coach said… — Rachel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“Hey,” I said, wondering why I was either short on words or babbling when I spoke to him. I touched his hat.… — Rachel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“I can’t believe you quit your job after only half a day,” Bird said to Brandon. She looked at me. “He and… — Rachel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“Why…why do you think you need to do that?” I asked. Dad touched his glasses. “These work you know.” “Only for close… — Rachel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“I heard a shower go on, a distant shower, not in the bathroom next to my room, but in the one across… — Rachel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“He played pitch with Dad last night.” “Must have been a rush for your dad.” I smiled. “Yeah, it was.” Although Dad,… — Rachel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“I’m going to miss all the takeout,” Jason said later, after dinner, when I walked him out to his car. “Coach said… — Rachel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Deception may give us what we want for the present, but it will always take it away in the end.” — Rachel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“ 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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
