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The things these 2 young adults had to go through is heartbreaking. It had to have had been fate having Lake and her family move in across the street. They understood each other's heartaches. They were able to ease each other's pain. The young boys had someone their own age, they liked each other. Loved this series.
“One minute, a person can think his life is nothing more than a barren valley with nothing left to look forward to. Then, in the blink of an eye, someone can come along and change it with a simple smile.” But “Sometimes two people need to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together.” “She’s a student? I’m her teacher? Oh, shit. This girl is my student. S-T-U-D-E-N-T! The only thing keeping us apart is a damn job title… I hate the fact that I’m her teacher. I’d so much rather be her Will.” “There’s only one way to find out what our boundaries are. I guess we need to test them…Me and this girl. This girl is in my arms again… Touching me, kissing me, breathing me in, loving me back. She’s not just a dream, anymore.… She’s still a student. I’m still technically a teacher. This probably doesn’t look very good if anyone here knows us…I’m torn up over the sadness I feel for this girl.” “This girl. In love with the boy she can’t have. Grieving the death of her father, only to find out she's about to grieve the death of the only adult left in her life? This girl who’s being told she can’t keep the only family member she has left?....Seeing the pain behind [her eyes] and knowing that a lot of it is because of me reminds me of all the reasons I need to let her go. Her mother. My career. Her reputation…Her future. Doing the right thing. The responsible thing. “Out of all the reasons I can come up with for her to go, there’s only one reason I can come up with for her to stay. I love her. This one reason for her to stay is the only reason that derives from pure selfishness. If I continue whatever this is with her, it’ll be completely selfish of me. I’ll be putting everything I’ve worked for and everyone I love at risk, just to fulfill my own desires. I drop her hand…I turn around. I walk away…Then this girl completely shatters the window to my soul and crawls inside.”
Loved this book! It tells the story from the main guys character. Explains his side of events and adds more detail to things that happen. It was cute back and forth between what she wanted to hear and what he told her about everything they went through.