IN A HOLIDAZE SENTENCE QUOTES. writing prompts from the book in a holidaze by christina lauren. change pronouns, names, and details as you see fit! tw: mentions of alcohol & s**ual themes
β call me a harlot. call me impulsive. call me hungover. β
β i am a notoriously wussy drinker and he is a notoriously horny one. β
β we made out in the mudroom. β
β that's me: harlot. β
β please don't say it like that. β
β i mean, you're a people-pleaser. β
β i didn't do it to make anyone happy! β
β it wasn't that calculated, okay? β
β are you attracted to him, though? β
β your expression is telling me it was terrible. β
β he licked my face. like, my entire face. β
β you are not the first two people in history to have drunkenly made out. β
β do i pretend like nothing happened? β
β you're the most emotionally intuitive locksmith alive, you know. β
βlast night was nothing. i should have known you'd make a huge deal out of it. β
β think i'll take my coffee outside and enjoy the last morning here. β
β you're not a mess. β
β was i talking to myself? β
β you're awfully chipper this morning. β
β what's with the weird vibe? β
β that's right, jackass, i'm right here. β
β give her some support, you idiot. β
β dude. what the hell? β
β i swear i've seen that before. β
β what the actual fuck? β
β you're staring at me like you don't know where you are. β
β i'm just a little foggy today. β
β are we flirting? this feels like flirting. β
β i guess we can be glad he's moved out of the designer sweatpants phase? β
β does any of this ring a bell? β
β i think it's possible i'm in the past, repeating the same holiday, and i'm the only one who knows it. β
β you didn't, by chance, get into my little blue bag, did you? β
β and you didn't think to warn him? β
β what else happens tonight? β
β we gather here in december to build snow creatures, sled down huge mountains, make piles of cookies, and watch our parents get day-drunk. β
β we used to pretend to be in a rock band and you'd be david bowie and i'd be janis joplin. β
β you talk in your sleep but unfortunately never say anything scandalous or interesting, it's mostly about food and spreadsheets. β
β i don't know what i'm going to think if you're right. β
β what is romance again? β
β you and me are two peas in a pod. β
β we both wake up with the sun. β
β is this cashmere? β
β i lived a strange double life as a nude waiter in arizona. β
β i remember sleeping in these as a kid and pretending i was luke skywalker sleeping in a tauntaun. β
β you have a moisture problem. β
β i promise i've never said that to a woman before. β
β hey, that's going to be my masterpiece! β
β I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON. β
β i'm fine. just living the same freaking day over and over again, but whatever. let's just get on with it. β
β screwdriver. heavy on the juice. β
β no offense, you're a lightweight. β
β last week i had a dream i worked at a carnival. for, like, a week afterward i kept feeling like i was constantly late to work at the cotton candy booth. it was crazy stressful. β
β i don't like walnuts. β
β why the hell not? β
β i ate four chocolate chip pancakes once and threw up in papa's car. β
β we're going to build a snow monkey. β
β damn him and his good decisions. β
β you were too busy starting a snowball war. β
β do you hate the traditions? β
β you say that as if your parents don't like being parents. β
β i used to feel so bad for you. β
β i'm just tired of being so careful all the time. β
β we brought this tree in, like, two hours ago. what if there's a squirrel still living in there? β
β your butt is vibrating. β
β you have the entire world to choose from and you go to hawaii? β
β why aren't you wearing a hat? β
β well, for the record, i'm always here for kisses. β
β after what you said last night, i thought you were going to kiss me back there. really kiss me. β
β i never knew you were an option. β
β it never occurred to me that you might be mine. β
β in college, one of my fraternity brothers kept a chicken living in his room for an entire year and none of us had any idea. β
β i have a tattoo of a parrot on my hip that i got when i was in vegas with some friends. β
β i'm not ticklist anywhere. β
β i'm glad there are some things i don't know about you. β
β what must it be like to have had s*x with so many people that you have to first name-last initial them? β
β i hated my college roommate so much that i used to use her toothbrush as a fingernail brush after volleyball practice. β
β in college i had a crush on a guy who, i eventually found out, was legally named sir elton johnson because his parents were clearly insane. he went by john. β
β i broke up with my last boyfriend because he tasted like ketchup. β
β i came down to get you, but i couldn't bring myself to wake you up. β
β i think interrupting a mistletoe kiss is bad luck. β
β don't you get creeped out, sleeping by yourself out there? β
β i'm telling you i can't watch anything scary, even funny-scary. β
β i'll always take kissing over killing. β
β i can't figure out if you've been put off by that, or turned on by it. β
β am i supposed to be hiding people in my closet? β
β you really are a terrible drinker. β
β you're yummy under here. β
β we never get skies like this at home. β
β i have never been that close to death. β
β obviously everything down there is terrible and horrifying? why has no one ever told me the truth? β
β i wanted to-but i couldn't hold my breath- it is so hot in that flannel sleeping bag, there's, like, no air. β
β we're the good kind of weird? β
β it is good-good that you are naked. β
β don't stop. please, don't stop. β
β i'd wanted to do that with you since i knew what s*x was. β
β probably because you're sleeping with his brother and he has no idea. β
β i feel like everything is about to change. β
β well, that got dirty fast. β
β i assure you, sweetheart, it's your proximity. β
β i will die on the white chocolate is not chocolate hill. β
β it tastes like fake mint and ass. β
β you've clearly kept it from everyone. β
β i don't even know how to start. i'm still trying to figure out how to react. β
β i don't know how to say this so i guess i'll just come out with it: i feel like you led me on. β
β i don't understand why you're mad. β
β did you know they've played this song every twenty-two minutes? β
β you were almost k*lled twice in five minutes. β
β are you sure you didn't dream this? β
β i'm the prize at the end of your game? β
β what's happening to me isn't bullshit-whether you believe me or not. β
β when the friendship is worth it, people work through things. β
β i am the human equivalent of a fart that clears a room. β
β it's okay to be messy sometimes. β
β we thought we'd wait to open presents until you got home. β
β i want you to be proud of me. i want to be proud of myself. β
β i am always proud of you. β
β the only person whose expectations you have to live up to is yourself. β
β what an unexpectedly chipper greeting. β
β i am in an unexpectedly chipper mood. β
β in the realm of romantic love, i am - how do i say it? quite shitty? β
β everyone has been amazingly patient with my mental calamity. β
β so you were really into my brother all this time? β
β did i mess things up with you two? β
β i brought you a present. β
β i'm not mad at you. i'm mad at myself. β
β every second with you was perfect. β
β you wanted to get me alone in the spot where we first kissed so you could admit that i was right all along. β
β peppermint kisses are delicious. β
β i felt like you needed space. β
β i'm on a collision course with adventure and ready for anything. β
β i truly believe you have some sort of closet kink. β
β to think of all the years we wasted not doing this. β
β have you ever had a girl sleep with you in here? β
β mom and dad were, like, five feet away. i was way too self-conscious to get the job done. β
β how do you expect me to walk after that? β
β shortest midlife crisis on record. β
