“I'm going to kiss you." "Here?" "Oh, yeah. Right here, right now.” — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
“Slowly, silently, I reach out and slip the glass out of her hand. "What do you think you're doing?" The old lady's… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
And what do you want right now?" Right now I itch to heal his wounds and forget my own. He touches my… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
That’s not the only reason I’m stayin’, chica. I can’t leave you any more than I could walk out that door right… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
If you could wish on a star right now, what would you wish for?"I ask him. "For time to stop. "Why?" He… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
“Alex and Carlos—the tag team from hell. They’re the last people I need shit from right now. If they decide to trail… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
“He laughs. "Put some clothes on so you don't scare poor Kiara with your morning hard-on." I look down at my shorts.… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
“Miss Ellis?" Mrs. Perterson says. "It's your turn. Introduce Alex to the class" "This is Alejandro Fuentes. When he wasn't hanging out on street… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
And just so you know for the future, I like my double-chocolate chip cookies warm and soft in the middle...and without magnets glued to… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
From the look of us, you'd never know we slept in the same bed last night and made out like the world was going… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
“I wasn't going to kiss you."' 'You weren't?' I look up look up at him. [...] 'Nope, the next time I kiss you it'll… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
I lost my dad when I was younger, and I know what its like to lose a beloved parent. — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
I don't want to end up like my mom. That's my biggest fear in life. — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
“You have to live for the moment, each and every day . . . the here, the now.” — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
If there's one thing I learned, it's that nobody is here forever. You have to live for the moment, each and every day .… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to steer away from the crowd in order to be a better person. It's not always easy, that's for sure. But… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image