“Nina’s already thinking about grad school? Is she that much older than you?” “A few years, yeah.” “Whoa.” I refrain from making… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
“I think I may cool off in the water for a few minutes. Do you want to come?” He stands and brushes… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
“ASSIGNMENT NUMERO OTTO: FEEL YOUR FEELINGS Write down the first thing that comes into your mind. Short and sweet. No pondering! Just… — Kristin Rae Psychology Copy Share Image
“We stop at the gate to the apartment, but Bruno’s still hanging on to me. “The key,” he says, swaying his hips.… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
“Chiara! Pippas! Where you go?” “To sleep! You can handle it on your own.” Chiara shouts something else to him in Italian… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
“Darren’s face comes to mind again, and I imagine his jaw dropping in reaction to my transformation. I shake my head to… — Kristin Rae Change Copy Share Image
“My phone blares on the little table between us and we both jump. I hastily mute the ringer, then nearly drop it… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
“You knew this was going to happen, didn’t you?” He smirks, resting his hands on my waist. “Hoped.” My cheeks ache from… — Kristin Rae Kissing Copy Share Image
“When I went to meet you, Bruno told me what was going on.” “Bruno did?” I ask, shocked. Morgan’s eyes widen as… — Kristin Rae Conversation Copy Share Image
“I look around to find Darren since I assumed he was walking along with us. He’s not. He’s still at the bottom… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
“Another coin! Another coin!” He grips the bar behind him and leans forward, butting his blond head against his mom’s stomach as… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
“A few carts down, we find the most luscious scarves I’ve ever seen. Darren helps me pick one that manages to make… — Kristin Rae Fashion Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing else inside the envelope. I turn the photo over and we read the note on the back written in small,… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
“Quietly as possible, I unzip my backpack at the foot of my bed and feel around for my journal and the tiny… — Kristin Rae Books Copy Share Image
“Did I really write to them from a fake e-mail account, posing as my mother to get out of it? My face… — Kristin Rae Awakening Copy Share Image
“So, how did everything work out in the end? How did your parents deal with the subterfugery?” He looks behind us cautiously… — Kristin Rae Breaking the rules Copy Share Image
“Going?” I smile and wait for her to remove her hand before I answer. “Just meeting up with a friend.” Friend. There,… — Kristin Rae Friendship Copy Share Image
“Why am I getting so worked up over this? Because I like him and I feel like he’s telling me, in code,… — Kristin Rae Couple Copy Share Image
“I was prissy as a child. No dirt under these fingernails.” “You were prissy? I don’t believe it.” “If you knew my… — Kristin Rae Children Copy Share Image
“Something came for you in the mail,” she says, sliding a small envelope across the counter. “From Italy.” I snatch it and… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
“I want to make this work, Pippa. I knew we met for a reason.” His breath is warm on my face as… — Kristin Rae Fall in love Copy Share Image
“Yeah, well, I--” He stops and his eyes shift behind me, wide in amusement. I turn my head to find a couple… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
“ Benvenuta a la Via dell’Amore,” he says, poking a bright pink lock with Ashlee + Jake written on it in white… — Kristin Rae Afternoon sun Copy Share Image
“Don’t you have your suit on?” he asks, pulling off his shoes. I nod and wait for him to get distracted again… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
“Bruno, this is my friend Pippa. Pippa, my cousin Bruno.” Bruno. The in-with-the-wrong-crowd Bruno. Divinely and supernaturally gorgeous Bruno. And he just… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
“I squat to retrieve the pitcher but Bruno’s faster. He offers it to me and I make the mistake of looking him… — Kristin Rae Cold water Copy Share Image
“Did you already forget how to promise?” I worm my pinkie around his and squeeze. He squeezes back and lowers our joined… — Kristin Rae Brown eyes Copy Share Image
“Darren’s been quiet since we stripped down to our bathing suits and waded into the water, like his mind is somewhere else.… — Kristin Rae Bathing suit Copy Share Image
“What was I saying before?” I can’t let him get back to that train of thought, wherever it was headed. “You were… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
“What about Chiara? Is she coming too?” “No.” She’s not going to like this plan. He finds my sneakers. “Wear these. And… — Kristin Rae Struggles Copy Share Image
“Well, whatever his name is. I still don’t like him.” His voice is rough and his bright brown eyes pierce straight through… — Kristin Rae Brown eyes Copy Share Image
“ASSIGNMENT NUMERO NOVE: THE PERFECT MAN We talk about boys a lot. Especially who’s hot, who’s not, and why. But if the… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
“When the crowd thins a little, I rotate in a circle, taking a 360-degree panoramic. Darren ducks out of my way, so… — Kristin Rae Facial hair Copy Share Image
“So theater, huh? Not sure I saw that one coming either.” “Why?” My cheeks are warm, but I keep in front of… — Kristin Rae Actor Copy Share Image
“Our lips touch until the last possible moment when the doors of the train threaten to close at his stop in Manarola.… — Kristin Rae Fitness Copy Share Image
“I don’t like him.” “Don’t like who?” He shifts in his seat to face me head-on. “That Italian kid who just mauled… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
“I’m Darren, and this is Nina,” he says to me when she stops next to him. Nina looks me over. “Hi.” Her… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
“Chicago honors a saint: Patrick. But unlike the San Giovanni Festival honoring John the Baptist, St. Patrick’s Day is less about the… — Kristin Rae St patrick Copy Share Image
“How could you just…not think ? I don’t understand you. I know we raised you better than that. You’ve completely disrespected us.”… — Kristin Rae Money Copy Share Image
“Darren, this is Chiara, the friend I was telling you about. Chiara, this is my--this is Darren.” I don’t know what I… — Kristin Rae Friendship Copy Share Image
