“We were walking that tightrope between friends and something more...”

“Spider or gum? Spider or gum? I thought quickly trying to come up with a believable excuse when I blurted out, I swallowed a spider! What? I swallowed a spider? What the hell is wrong with me?!”

“I was spinningfrom the kiss, the alcohol or the lack of air, I wasnt sure, but I knew I needed to pull away if only just to breath.”

“I could practically hear the unspoken good girl accompanied by a pat and scratch behind my ears like I was his obedient pet.”

“My fingers itched to touch, my lips begged to taste and my body buzzed with a frenzied energy, but my mind screamed to move far away from him fast.”

“I was spinning—from the kiss, the alcohol or the lack of air, I wasn’t sure, but I knew I needed to pull away if only just to breath.”

“Those who work, knows the strength of labour.”

“I only have so much willpower, Helen," he whispered. "And since you apparently sleep in the most ridiculously transparent tank top I've ever seen, I'm going to have to ask you to get under the cove...”

“I'm infatuated with you, I cannot deny it. Physically speaking, you're a very attractive man. But I don't like you, the vast majority of the time. So far as I can gather, you behave abominably in p...”