Nick is also supportive. Once, when Devon was dating a girl back in high school, Nick had even helped him research how to give oral. Seriously, the internet knows everything. Except how to alleviate a cramped tongue, apparently, which had been Devon’s downfall in the end.

I love you,” he said, and I wondered which one of us he was trying to convince. “You’re like a secret nobody else has heard yet, and the selfish part of me is glad that other people don’t know you the way I do, because if they saw how perfect you are, every one of them would try to steal you away from me.

I just want to see what it’s like when I don’t hurt.

I had to be the worst backup plan in the history of the universe, but here I was anyway.

Lucky for you,” Zev said calmly, “there’s a boy in your cabin who saw the whole thing and still wants to be in your bunk.

What’s the difference between a lie and a secret?

Maybe it was a miracle that had placed Elijah in Dr. Carter’s care. Most likely it was proof that God was cruel.

Doveva sapere che non serviva a niente. Seppellire le cose non aveva senso. Tornavano sempre a tormentarti.

You saved my life. You’re my whole world, and still I turn away.

Are we Netflix and chilling?” he asks. Jai makes a face. “I don’t know what that means.” “Are you twenty-five or are you eighty-five?” Nick asks, eyes bright. “Whippersnapper,” Jai grumbles, and Nick laughs.