15-05-2021-052358It-Ends-with-Us

Chapter Ten “Can I ask you a personal question?” Allysa nods as she perfects a bouquet of flowers about to go out for delivery. ...

“Allysa? Why do you work here?” She stops what she’s doing and takes in a slow breath like maybe she’s contemplating being hones ...

I stare at his text for a moment. He wants to meet my mother? We aren’t even officially dating. I mean... I don’t care if he mee ...

Twenty minutes later, I flip the sign to closed. Just a few more days. I lock the door and walk to my car, but stop short when I ...

lower back. Once we reach the table, I begin to pull off my jacket. “Hey, Mom.” She looks up from her phone and says, “Oh, hey, ...

come I haven’t heard about this guy?” I smile a little. “Things are kind of... it’s not really.. .” I have no idea how to explai ...

He glances back and forth between us. “What’d I miss?” I swallow hard, shaking my head. Surely that wasn’t really Atlas. But tho ...

He puts his hands on my shoulders and takes a step back to look at me. “You haven’t changed at all.” I cover my mouth with my ha ...

question after question at him. He takes it like a champ. He’s very charming with my mother in all the right ways. Unexpectedly ...

I have a really good feeling about that man. I smile and turn toward my car, but throw a hand up to my chest and gasp when I see ...

This is good. Yes, I’m crying. But it’ll feel better. This is just human nature, healing an old wound to prepare for a fresh new ...

Chapter Eleven I curl up in my bed and stare at it. I’m almost finished with it. There aren’t very many more entries. I pick up ...

He said, “I’ll be fine, Lily,” and then he started to make his pallet on the floor. I told him to wait there and then I went to ...

leaned over a little and pressed his lips against my collarbone, right between my shoulder and my neck. It was a quick kiss and ...

We were facing each other on the bed when he said, “When do you turn sixteen?” “Two more months,” I whispered. We just kept star ...

I dropped the feather back onto the pillow and brought my hand to my side. “What’s stopping you? Your uncle is offering you a pl ...

—Lily • • Dear Ellen, I need to apologize to you. It’s been a week since I’ve written to you and a week since I’ve watched you ...

Katie noticed. She was sitting in the seat behind us and I heard her say, “Gross,” as soon as he leaned over and kissed me. She ...

couldn’t watch your show. I wasn’t too upset because it meant we would probably just make out for an hour and a half. “Does your ...

There have been times I’ve wondered if I could ever allow myself to trust a guy. For the most part, I hate men because the only ...