bela ♡

“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

“Maybe my mother's right. Maybe there is more to Bryce Loski than I know.
Maybe it's time to meet him in the proper light.”
― Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped

“Then I saw Juli. She was two tables away from me, facing my direction. Only she wasn't looking at me. She was looking at Jon, her eyes all sparkly and laughing.
My heart lurched. What was she laughing about? What were they talking about? How could she sit there and look so... beautiful?
I felt myself spinning out of control. It was weird. Like I couldn't even steer my own body. I'd always thought Jon was pretty cool, but right then I wanted to go over and throw him across the room.”
― Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped

“I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.”
― Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped