Niki

You’re my dream, and I put an entire continent between us in order to give you space and time.”

“Dreams aren’t stagnant, Allie. They grow. They shift.”

I’d worked so hard to get back here, and now all I wanted . . . was to go.

“Time was the enemy, Hudson. Not you.”

Go get your dream.

“You? Taking the time to overanalyze every possible outcome before picking the one that feels safest?” Eva snorted and made her way to the back passenger seat. “Imagine that.”

“You love him,” Eva reminded me gently. “That doesn’t mean we’re right for each other.”

“I’m in love with him.” She scoffed. “Maybe you can’t comprehend the emotion, but it’s when you would give up everything for that person’s happiness. When their smile is essential to your heartbeat. When you know the gnarled, darkest, ugliest parts of each other, and you don’t turn away.”

You two are the shit poets write about.”

“Dreams can change.”

I simply knew better than to open my door to the inevitable destruction our failure would cause.

Now, where is Aquaman?”

“It wasn’t you. It was all me. I’m a big girl who made choices and now has to deal with the repercussions of those choices.”

“You’re going to ruin me for anyone else, aren’t you?”

It doesn’t have to be all or nothing.”
“I don’t know how to do it any other way. But it’s a beautiful thought, balance.”

“When you don’t give your body time to heal, it will take the time from you.”

People who have suffered like us know that there’s no such thing as having everything, and when it comes to the unknown,

You don’t have to be in control at all times. It’s okay if you fall apart.

Messy is good, love. Messy is where the best parts of life happen.

“They were scared the first time too. You’re just getting a later start.”

“Truth always differs depending on who’s telling the story, and in complicated situations, there are countless variations.

“Because perfection is the goal?” Caroline asked, but there was no bite in her tone. “Always.” Allie’s smile slipped, but she quickly bolstered it. “And it’s unobtainable, so there’s never a shortage in motivation.”

He laughed, and the sound did absolutely nothing to dispel the sweet, inconvenient pressure behind my ribs. In fact, it freaking fed it

“Just go with it,” Anne lectured. “That’s our new motto.”

First means nothing. Last means everything.”

You’re my dream, and I put an entire continent between us in order to give you space and time.”

“Dreams aren’t stagnant, Allie. They grow. They shift.”

I’d worked so hard to get back here, and now all I wanted . . . was to go.

“Time was the enemy, Hudson. Not you.”

Go get your dream.

“You? Taking the time to overanalyze every possible outcome before picking the one that feels safest?” Eva snorted and made her way to the back passenger seat. “Imagine that.”

“You love him,” Eva reminded me gently. “That doesn’t mean we’re right for each other.”

“I’m in love with him.” She scoffed. “Maybe you can’t comprehend the emotion, but it’s when you would give up everything for that person’s happiness. When their smile is essential to your heartbeat. When you know the gnarled, darkest, ugliest parts of each other, and you don’t turn away.”

You two are the shit poets write about.”

“Dreams can change.”

I simply knew better than to open my door to the inevitable destruction our failure would cause.

Now, where is Aquaman?”

“It wasn’t you. It was all me. I’m a big girl who made choices and now has to deal with the repercussions of those choices.”

“You’re going to ruin me for anyone else, aren’t you?”

It doesn’t have to be all or nothing.”
“I don’t know how to do it any other way. But it’s a beautiful thought, balance.”

“When you don’t give your body time to heal, it will take the time from you.”

People who have suffered like us know that there’s no such thing as having everything, and when it comes to the unknown,

You don’t have to be in control at all times. It’s okay if you fall apart.

Messy is good, love. Messy is where the best parts of life happen.

“They were scared the first time too. You’re just getting a later start.”

“Truth always differs depending on who’s telling the story, and in complicated situations, there are countless variations.

“Because perfection is the goal?” Caroline asked, but there was no bite in her tone. “Always.” Allie’s smile slipped, but she quickly bolstered it. “And it’s unobtainable, so there’s never a shortage in motivation.”

He laughed, and the sound did absolutely nothing to dispel the sweet, inconvenient pressure behind my ribs. In fact, it freaking fed it

“Just go with it,” Anne lectured. “That’s our new motto.”