Jessica K. Foster > Quotes

“Everything here was larger than life. Forty-foot walls, human pyramids with no training, slip
n’ slides that rocketed down an entire hill into a lake. Nothing was halfway. Maybe that was
part of their lesson. Don’t live halfway.
-Andy and the Extroverts”
― Jessica K. Foster, Andy and the Extroverts

“He might've been the first person to truly need me. And I'd been there for him. There was something in that.”
― Jessica K. Foster, Andy and the Summer of Something

“A cloud passed over the moon, and the beach went dark. Crickets chirped as my heart
expanded and squished all the air out of my lungs. “I see you.”
-Andy and the Extroverts”
― Jessica K. Foster, Andy and the Extroverts

“Something shifted between us the longer I sat on his knees. I no longer wondered whether he
should notice someone like me, be with someone like me. He liked me. I liked him. It could
be that simple.
-Andy and the Extroverts”
― Jessica K. Foster, Andy and the Extroverts

“I started toward the field, and they fanned out around me, talking about all the food they hoped the cafeteria would make this summer, about how it would be helpful if the camp served them hot guys on a platter, too. I sighed to keep from laughing out of frustration.”
― Jessica K. Foster, Andy and the Summer of Something

“Changes don’t have to be big and loud to be important,” Paige said softly. “You can still be
you and rock this. And if you can’t, we’ll be there. Finish strong. We’ll hold you up. We’re
with you.”
-Andy and the Extroverts”
― Jessica K. Foster, Andy and the Extroverts

“One of the guys took the flashlight, and I prepared myself for all kinds of forest-at-night
horrors. Ticks. Poison Ivy. Were there bats? Bats.
-Andy and the Extroverts”
― Jessica K. Foster, Andy and the Extroverts

“Lucas was the kind of person to dive headfirst into everything. I liked to dip my toe in the
water, get used to the temperature before floating. I admired his ability to adapt to my style.
He’d backed way off, been so respectful, and now… now it was easy to like him back.
-Andy and the Extroverts”
― Jessica K. Foster, Andy and the Extroverts

“He shook his hair out like a dog, spraying me.
“Hey!” I laughed.

He gave me a wolfish grin. “You’re already wet.” The sun glinted off his bright smile, and I
blinked.
I had finally caught my breath, and he had to steal it away again like that.
-Andy and the Extroverts”
― Jessica K. Foster, Andy and the Extroverts

“Before long, Lucas and I sat alone on the hill, his wide blue eyes watching me like there was
nothing else he’d rather do.
-Andy and the Extroverts”
― Jessica K. Foster, Andy and the Extroverts

“If a grenade went off two feet from me, I wouldn’t have noticed. I would’ve died happy on
that beach, Lucas’s hands in my hair, his warm mouth on mine.
-Andy and the Extroverts”
― Jessica K. Foster, Andy and the Extroverts

“An atomic bomb went off in my chest. My vision of a calm summer, page-flipping in the
backyard disintegrated. Camp. Tons of people. Cheesy team building. With tons of people.
-Andy and the Extroverts”
― Jessica K. Foster

“Okay, everyone get in a circle, facing in,” Tyler directed.
Of course, it would be a circle. Everything here was a circle. Leadership was all about being
good at circles.
-Andy and the Extroverts”
― Jessica K. Foster, Andy and the Extroverts

“It took him a minute to register what I said, but when he did, he threw his head back and
laughed as we walked to lunch. I loved that about him, how his eyes crinkled shut with
complete confidence that the world would wait for him.
-Andy and the Extroverts”
― Jessica K. Foster, Andy and the Extroverts

“He pulled me in by my belt loops. "You can't get rid of me that easy, Andy Stevens," he murmured against my lips.
"I would never want to," I whispered.”
― Jessica K. Foster, Andy and the Summer of Something

“I didn't look down, but my face flooded with heat I hoped he couldn't see in the shade of the dock. I was wearing a white shirt. How rude of him to mention it like I was in a wet T-shirt contest.
I cleared my throat. "Does that distract you?" My voice came out lower than it should have.
"You've always distracted me," he breathed, his lips descending.”
― Jessica K. Foster, Andy and the Summer of Something

“Lucas stopped inches from my fingers, but he was still too close. "And I don't?" he whispered. "I get you more than anyone ever has, and you know it. There's still something between us. You can't ignore that." A primal spark blazed behind the cool blue of his eyes. "Andy."
I didn't want him to say my name like that, like it was all he needed to remind me of an entire summer of longing that I'd tried so hard to forget. He didn't get to do this to me. Not this year.”
― Jessica K. Foster, Andy and the Summer of Something

“When I pressed my face against his flannel-covered shoulder, I breathed in soap and
campfire and Lucas. He squeezed me, and I hugged him back. It couldn’t fall apart if it felt
this right.
-Andy and the Extroverts”
― Jessica K. Foster, Andy and the Extroverts