"You like a good story Riley?"

Everyone needs a person to whom you can actually tell the truth when he/she asks “How are you?

It all begins and ends in your mind. What you give power to, has power over you, if you allow it.

“Her body ached for his in the most desperate way.”

Some people come into our lives, and leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.

“Riley’s breath hitched in her throat as she slowly looked up into the pair of light green eyes that constantly invaded her dreams. Her inhibitions were slightly lowered by the two glasses of wine she had consumed over the last hour, but she wasn’t so intoxicated as to not to feel the slight tremor in her fingers as feelings she thought she had long since buried began to slowly resurface. She had been able to keep her distance from him the previous night as she tried to focus on preparing for her final, but as their close proximity slowly consumed every single one of her senses, a different kind of chemistry began to weave its way through her body. He couldn’t step back from her if he tried. He was completely enthralled by the woman in front of him, and all she simply did was stand up. Even before her eyes connected with his, he knew that she would have to be the one to initiate some sort of distance between them. His legs suddenly felt weak as he became increasingly mesmerized by her. His gaze slowly lowered to her lips as he thought about how one of his continuously recurring dreams started off just like this. God, would she taste just as sweet as he remembered?”

When you love someone, when you care for someone, you have to do it through the good and the bad. Not just when you’re happy and it’s easy.