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1 " Missing this interview? It's not the end of the world. It is the beginning. "
― Erin Fletcher , Tied Up In You (All Laced Up, #2)
2 " If there was anyone who could sniff out Malina's self-doubt and tear it to shreds, it was me. It was just that sometimes it was easier to avoid thinking about home when I was several states or countries away. It made the distance sting less. "
3 " But when it came to Jackson, breathing was overrated. He wasn't the kind of guy any girl could breathe around, really. Even I wasn't immune. "
4 " Jackson and I had started to grow apart the past year as he focused more on hockey and I focused more on school. It sucked and I would have liked to hear from him a whole lot more than I did, but I also knew it was inevitable. Plus, I couldn't deny the fact that I got a lot more schoolwork and college stuff done when he wasn't around. "
5 " When most of my friends broke up with someone, it was the end of the world. The last time Izzy broke up with her girlfriend, the girl cried for weeks. When Jackson broke up with someone or started seeing someone knew, it was about as newsworthy as Izzy getting busted for texting in class again. "
6 " Because despite everything: the insatiable appetite and lack of manners and slacking on keeping in touch, and the fact that we were growing apart as we grew up and our priorities changed and clashed. I did miss my best friend. "
7 " Telling stories from my past to my teammates or whatever girl I was seeing was fine, but it wasn't the same as being with the person who'd live those memories too. "
8 " Then, almost as if my brain wasn't attached to my body, I tipped her chin up and pressed my lips to hers. Everything slipped away: the show in the background, the broken glass in the kitchen, the fact that I was kissing my best friend. "
9 " Despite what she said, it wasn't okay. I'd kiss my best friend. I acted like an idiot who didn't know how to human, not the confident hockey player who kissed girls all the time. But the worst part? Worse than the kiss or the embarassment or awkwardness that followed. I liked kissing Malina. A lot. I was screwed. "
10 " Oh, God. Could she tell Jackson had kissed me? Was there some kind of visible evidence on my lips? Was there a "my best friend's mouth was on mine" expression that I didn't know about and therefore didn't know how to hide? "