For me, there’s never been anyone else. It’s always been you.

Towering in front of them was the biggest private jet of them all, the gold lettering along the side spelling three distinct words: Diamond Resorts Worldwide.

The time spent rereading one book is one less new story I’ll be exposed to in my life.

Her family was counting on her – to be responsible, to get good grades, to follow the rules, to be the good example. And more important, she expected those things of herself.

When something’s really bothering me, I just like to get it out. I like to completely give in to the emotion. If I pretend I’m not sad – if I try smiling through it, and pretending like everything’s fine – it makes it worse. When I give in and let it out, I feel better.

This has to be a joke. After all, an owl hadn’t dropped a letter down my fireplace to let me know I’d been accepted into a special school, and I certainly hadn’t taken an enchanted train to get to Kinsley High.

Sometimes it felt like no one was ever there for her. Everyone thought she was so strong. And she was, for the most part. But that didn’t mean she never needed anyone to lean on.

The casino played a song of its own – slot machines dinging, chips clacking as the dealer passed them out to the players at the tables, and the chatter of people throwing down money with the hope of hitting it big. It was like a carnival for adults. A person could get lost for days in a place like this.

Sometimes there are still days when I wake up and wonder if this has actually happened, or if it’s been one long dream.

What we have is strong enough to transcend time. I’ve never trusted anything more in my life.