A.S. Teague > Quotes

“You blew into my life and I had to grab on for dear life, but now? I’m not sure that I can let you go.”
― A.S. Teague, The Hardest Play

“For eight fucking years, I’ve been chasing you, Mel. Eight years of me calling and texting, instigating any kind of communication I could get just to keep you in my reach. Eight years of sparing you from the shit show that is my life. Eight years of sitting back knowing that at any minute, another man could walk in and take you from me permanently. Don’t you dare stand there and act like I’ve been the one pushing you away and playing games for the last decade. Because I’ve been on my knees for you since the first time I saw you … It’s about fucking time I got back on my feet.”
… Resting my hand on his thigh, I bent until our noses were nearly touching. His broad shoulders and muscular body turned to stone from the contact. But I didn’t let that slow me. “We’ve both been on our knees for the last eight years. But at least we were there together. You’ve always wanted me, just like I’ve always wanted you. And this is it. We can finally have the chance at something real. Don’t you dare ask me to give that up.”
― A.S. Teague, The Hardest Hit

“You were the fucking girl that got away, you know that? You were the one who just slipped right through my stupid fingers.”
― A.S. Teague, The Hardest Hit

“We’ve always had this cosmic pull between us. We’ve swapped secrets for years. I’ve told him stuff that no one else knows.”
Her browns shot up.
“Even you. I’ve told him things even you don’t know. I dunno. He’s always just felt… God, I don’t know the word to describe it.”
“Right?” she piped up.
“Yeah,” I nodded. “Yeah. He’s just always felt right. For years now, he’s just felt right.”
― A.S. Teague, The Hardest Hit

“Whatever this is, destiny, fate, some cosmic pull, or just a fuck lot of intense chemistry, we’re connected. We just have to decide what to do with it. And I choose you. I choose us.”
― A.S. Teague, The Hardest Hit

“I pulled away and looked into the face of the woman who had just given me the greatest gift I never knew I wanted. “I don’t care what it takes. We are going to be the two best parents this baby will ever know.”
She dipped her chin as a tear rolled down her cheek. I caught it with my thumb and stroked her chin.
“We can do this, Griff.”
I kissed her forehead. “We can totally do this.”
― A.S. Teague, The Hardest Route

“It’s never been enough when it came to you. Not once. But I think I’ve proven my patience up until this point. I can wait a little while longer while you finally come to terms with the fact that you and I are meant to be together.”
― A.S. Teague, The Hardest Hit

“You are the absolute love of my life. Somewhere, deep down, I think I’ve always known that I loved you.”
― A.S. Teague, The Hardest Route

“You were more than I could have asked for, and you’ve been right in front of me the whole time, and I didn’t even see it.”
― A.S. Teague, The Hardest Route

“Brooke, we’ve never only been Allie’s parents. Whether we realized it or not, we were always together.”
― A.S. Teague, The Hardest Route

“You’re the first person I call when I have a good day. You’re the only person I can stand to talk to when my day is completely shit. You take care of me when I come to town. You fly to be by my mother’s side in the middle of the night when I can’t be there. You’ve spent the last seven years taking care of our daughter almost on your own because my career’s kept me away, and you only complain a little.” He paused. “You do everything for me, just like a wife would.”
My heart was in my throat, and I had to swallow before I could respond. “I’m just doing what any good friend who had a baby with that friend would do.”
“Bullshit.” He lifted a shoulder. “You don’t kiss a friend the way you just kissed me.”
― A.S. Teague, The Hardest Route

“I'm always up for a game of chase, but I have a feeling that, once I catch her, she isn't the type of woman who will easily be cast aside. No, Sidney O'Neil is the kind of woman you want in your bed every night, not just once.”
― A.S. Teague, Undisputed

“My heart told me what my head refused to admit.
There was something between Brooke and me. And fuck if I didn’t want to see it grow now that the seed had been planted.”
― A.S. Teague, The Hardest Route

“You better believe that everything is about to change.”
― A.S. Teague, The Hardest Route

“The corner of Griff’s eyes crinkled as he smiled over the top of our daughter’s head. “There is nowhere else I would rather be than here with my two girls.”
A mere three hours ago, I would have bristled at him calling me one of his girls.
We were just friends who happened to share a child.
But as I stared into eyes that burned with a longing I felt deep inside. I knew the truth.
I was his girl.
And I had been for a long time.”
― A.S. Teague, The Hardest Route

“I was going to find a way to make things work with him. No more missed opportunities for us.”
― A.S. Teague, The Hardest Hit

“What an evil stroke of irony that the one woman I’d always wanted finally came available when I was no longer capable of doing a fucking thing for her.”
― A.S. Teague, The Hardest Hit

“Yes, this thing is new, but we are not. I am here because I want to be with you. It’s not some obligation because we have a daughter. It’s not even a choice. I’m here, right now, because I believe to the core of my soul that we were meant to be together.”
― A.S. Teague, The Hardest Route