Never, never, never. I am never going to forget you.

—I don't want to lose you—Then why are you the one that keeps letting go?

Nope," he whispered, when I tried to tug it away. "Mine now.

We aren't friends.

She couldn't help it - she flinched. One of them had clearly misunderstood whatever was between them. Apparently, it had been her. Etta charged away from him down the sidewalk. He caught up to her in three long strides and took her arm in his hand, forcing her to stop. She couldn't bring herself to look up; she only waited for Nicholas to speak.

I'm not... I'm not without a heart,' he heard Sophia say, her chin raised, eyes straight ahead. 'I'm not. I just don't have the luxury of being soft. I am trying to survive.

Don't you dare call me Miss Spencer, it kills me when you act like we aren't friends.

My eyes kept skipping back to her, drawn to her face like a lone candle flame in the dark

As Vida always said, there are times you have to listen to your gut and tell common courtesy to fuck right off.