Natalie

“Well, I’m kinda popular.” I smile at her. She rolls her eyes at me, and I chuckle. “No offence, but you blend into the crowd. I get the feeling that's because you want to blend in. You don't want to be seen. It doesn't take a genius to work out that girls at your other school had a problem with you. I don't know the details—and I don't need to—but it doesn't need to be like that here. You don't need to blend in. You can be whoever the hell you want to be. No one knows you. Whoever was mean to you, they're not here now. I can help you. You can come to parties with me and meet people instead of hiding away all the time.”
― M.J. Ray, Meet Me at the Bus Stop

“Stay.” Her voice cracked. “Please.” He touched her shoulder. “I’m right here.”
― Melissa McClone, A Small Town Christmas

“A miniature cactus sat by his computer. I could almost hear it sighing from boredom.”
― Jessica Sherry, Sea-Devil

“He looks over at me with those piercing blue eyes; they remind me of one of those lagoons that you see on the internet, a meme saying, “Don't you want to be swimming here right now?” Well, I am right now, swimming in those gorgeous eyes and drowning fast.”
― M.J. Ray, Meet Me at the Bus Stop