" [Anna] In February, I woke up from a nap. A bouquet of flowers gathered from the various bushes and shrubs scattered around the island lay on the blanket beside me, a small length of rope wound around their stems.
I found T.J. down at the shore. “Someone’s been checking the calendar.”
He grinned. “I didn’t want to miss Valentine’s Day.”
I kissed him. “You’re sweet to me.”
Pulling me closer, he said, “It’s not hard, Anna.”
I stared into T.J.’s eyes, and he started to sway. My arms went around his neck and we danced, moving in a circle, the sand soft and warm under our feet.
“You don’t need music, do you?”
“No,” T.J. said. “But I do need you. "
― Tracey Garvis Graves , On the Island (On the Island, #1)
![Tracey Garvis Graves quote : [Anna] In February, I woke up from a nap. A bouquet of flowers gathered from the various bushes and shrubs scattered around the island lay on the blanket beside me, a small length of rope wound around their stems.<br />I found T.J. down at the shore. “Someone’s been checking the calendar.”<br />He grinned. “I didn’t want to miss Valentine’s Day.”<br />I kissed him. “You’re sweet to me.”<br />Pulling me closer, he said, “It’s not hard, Anna.”<br />I stared into T.J.’s eyes, and he started to sway. My arms went around his neck and we danced, moving in a circle, the sand soft and warm under our feet.<br />“You don’t need music, do you?”<br />“No,” T.J. said. “But I do need you.](/image/1298194.jpg)