“Jase glances up to smile at me. “Don’t worry, Sam. It’s just us.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Smile Copy Share Image
“Everything was wonderful and then everything was awful.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Awful 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
“...And theway he does look at me makes me feel absolutely beautiful.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Hey, he says again, sitting down next to me as though he knows me well. “Need rescuing?” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Rescuing Copy Share Image
“The Garretts were my bedtime story, long before I ever thought I’d be part of the story myself.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Story Copy Share Image
“Do you know how many times I've read "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" to this kid? That is one fucked-up… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Book Copy Share Image
“Maybe she's a gymnast with superior muscle control." "She'd have to be in Cirque de Soleil to manage this.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Gymnast Copy Share Image
“Right. A tiki bar will blend in great with the whole Henry VIII vibe going on at the B&T. Bring me a… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Wench Copy Share Image
“So now you've met my mother,' I say to Jase that night, leaning back on the roof. 'I sure have. That was… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Parenting Copy Share Image
“I’m not sure I can pull off being just friends with someone whose clothes I want to rip off.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Fashion Copy Share Image
“It’s only been a few weeks and somehow I seem to have gotten far from shore.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Shore Copy Share Image
“Mines!” Patsy shouts, pointing at Tim. He goes to her, rumples her scanty hair. “See, hot Alice? Even the very young feel… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Magnetism Copy Share Image
“Um. So ... Are we going to study?" Jase slides his thumbs behind my ears, rubbing the hollow at their base. He's… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Gaze Copy Share Image
“You're walking along on this path, dazzled by how perfect it is, how great you feel, and then just a few forks… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Journey Copy Share Image
“He instantly covers my fingers with his own, giving me his slow, intoxicating smile. I feel a pang, as though I'm handing… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Gaze 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
“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
“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’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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Maybe if I can just sleep for a hundred years, I'll wake up in a better story.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Better Copy Share Image
“I can't help but notice that...well, you're in my life...at our house, with my family, in my world. But am I really… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Family Copy Share Image
“Who are these people, and why do they think their own opinions are the only right ones?” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Opinions Copy Share Image
“I don't know. I didn't have that choice. But I know what's happening now. And I'm choosing to stay with you.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Choice Copy Share Image
“I'll just sit back here and perform a few of the more acrobatic positions in the Kama Sutra. By myself, sadly.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Lonely Copy Share Image
“I never felt with her the way I feel whenever I even catch sight of you.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Feel Copy Share Image
“How could Clay have said all that, smooth as Kentucky bourbon, and Mom just sitting there as if she’d already drunk the… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Bourbon Copy Share Image
“You have to kiss me," I find myself saying. "Yeah." He leans closer. "I do.” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Gaze Copy Share Image
“You're just going to walk away-like that? You're leaving it this way? Now? I love you. You can't...” — Huntley Fitzpatrick Leaving Copy Share Image
