bela ♡

“I'd scale that monster sycamore if I could. Right to the top. And I'd yell her name across the rooftops for the whole world to hear.

-Bryce”
― Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped

“I liked it.

I liked her.

And every time I saw her, she seemed more beautiful. She just seemed to glow. I'm not talking like a hundred-watt bulb; she just had this warmth to her. Maybe it came from climbing that tree. Maybe it came from singing to chickens. Maybe it came from whacking at two-by-fours and dreaming about perpetual motion. I don't know. All I know is that compared to her, Shelly and Miranda seemed so...ordinary.”
― Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped

“Bryce," she whispers. "What's wrong."
I can barely breathe as I ask her, "Do you like him?"
"Do I... you mean Jon?"
"Yes!"
"Well, sure. He's nice and -"
"No, do you like him?" My heart was pounding through my chest as I took her other hand and waited.
"Well, no. I mean, not like that...."
No! She said no! I didn't care where I was, I didn't care who saw. I wanted, just had to kiss her. I leaned in, closed my eyes, and then...”
― Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped

“...and I realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped.
Completely.”
― Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped