“Everything was wonderful and then everything was awful.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Awful Copy Share Image
“Jase glances up to smile at me. “Don’t worry, Sam. It’s just us.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Smile Copy Share Image
“...And theway he does look at me makes me feel absolutely beautiful.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Mom. He didn't do drugs. I've told you that before. He was just weird.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Mom Copy Share Image
“His bed’s really comfortable. And he never pees in it.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Comfortable Copy Share Image
“All the things that stay the same... and everything that's changed.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Changed Copy Share Image
“That prickling feeling when something's not right. That calm feeling when it is.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Calm Copy Share Image
“Horizons may seem like endings but they only actually bend father into the sky, curving into something new, beginning all over again.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Beginning Copy Share Image
“Bring her People magazine and a coconut FrozFruit,” I call after him. “Then you’re golden.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Bring Copy Share Image
“No bikinis on a first date.” He nods. “I’m sure that’s a rule. Or should be. For my sisters anyway.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Bikinis Copy Share Image
“With my track record, I'll probably be able to screw up all three branches of government in about a week and a… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Politics Copy Share Image
“I peer at them, noticing that they all say things like “A STEAL AT $ 3,999!” or “THEY DON’T MAKE ’EM ANYMORE”… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Purrs Copy Share Image
“This is Sailor Supergirl,” George says. “She knows all about black holes.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Black hole Copy Share Image
“Our house contains all that’s high-end and high-tech and shiny clean. And three people who would rather be somewhere else.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Somewhere else Copy Share Image
“Jase props himself up on an elbow, looking at me for a minute without saying anything. His face gets an unreadable expression,… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Funny Copy Share Image
“No words for a long time. Which is fine, because even the most important ones-- I love you. I'm sorry. Forgive me?… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Forgive Copy Share Image
“That’s what you do. With your father. You flip it. Just sort of own whatever it is. Not just with him. You… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Father Copy Share Image
“I scoop a clattering cascade of green apple Jelly Bellys into the white paper bag and remember when we were seven. I… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Funny Copy Share Image
“I haven’t seen Joel for a while. Where he once projected all laidback cool, now he’s edgy, stalking around the kitchen. Alice… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Joel Copy Share Image
“No, because of instinct. You can tell who to trust. People can, just like animals. We don't listen as well as they… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Instinct Copy Share Image
“Shhhh." He pulls on my lower lip gently with his teeth, then fits his mouth to mine. First so careful, and then… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Gaze Copy Share Image
“Well, Samantha... you were introduced to this guy. It went downhill from there. That might make it justifiable homicide. From time to… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Jase Copy Share Image
“They say you never know what you would do in a hypothetical situation. We’d all like to think we’d be one of… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Fall apart Copy Share Image
“I sit up, edge over close to my window, and push it open, slipping one leg in, then the next, turning back… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Bedroom Copy Share Image
“In movies, it's all beautifully choreographed, set to an increasingly dramatic soundtrack. In movies, when the boy pulls the girl to him… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Undressed Copy Share Image
“Is Jase already gonna marry you?” I start coughing again. “Uh, No. No, George. I’m only seventeen.” As if that’s the only… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Big family Copy Share Image
“The right thing to do is so easy to see when you're seventeen years old and don't have to make any big… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Big decisions Copy Share Image
“Did you know that in space it's very, very cold? And there's no oxygen? And if an astronaut fell out of a… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Astronaut Copy Share Image
“Do you have any idea how many times I’ve read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie to this kid? That is… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Books Copy Share Image
“There’s an opening at Mom’s campaign,” I say. “She needs all the help she can get now that she’s totally distracted by… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Ur Dad Copy Share Image
“He’s brought a sleeping bag, one of those big green bulky L.L. Bean ones. I look at it questioningly. Following my gaze,… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Dear dad Copy Share Image
“I feel completely embarrassed and remember the lock on the door and think: He knows, he knows, it shows, shows completely. “He’s… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Feeling better Copy Share Image
“You could have mentioned that this kid never sleeps,” Tim calls from the living room. We go in to find him slumped… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Bedtime Copy Share Image
“After a few minutes, he turns to my face slowly. Are his eyes lingering on my eyes, my lips? I’m not sure.… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Attracted Copy Share Image
“We get to the front door and I lean back against it. "Thank you," I repeat. "You'd have done the same for… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Front door Copy Share Image
“I like eggs and bacon,” George tells me. “But”—his face clouds—“do you know that bacon is”—tears leap to his eyes—“Wilbur?” Mrs. Garrett… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Bacon Copy Share Image
“I’ve got a surprise.” Jase opens the door of the van for me a couple days later. I haven’t seen Tim or… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Coffee cup Copy Share Image
“George gives me a smile, the same dazzling sweet smile as his big brother, although, at this point, with green teeth. “I… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Big family Copy Share Image
