Status Updates From Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

"I don't mean it as a wistful, overdramatic declaration. I meant that the love I felt for him was huge and real, and, while painful, it forever changed me as a person, in the same way that being vour brother reflects and changes how I evolve. And vice versa. The important people in our lives leave imprints. They are always there in your heart, because they helped form your heart. There's no getting over that."

The morning's view onto the street of Gramercy town houses was blanketed with snow, at least two inches deep not a lot, but enough for a good snowman. The accumulation still appeared gloriously new, the street a blanket of white, with cottony tufts heaped on cars and sidewalk railings. The snow had yet to lose its luster to multiple foot tramplings, yellow dog markings, and the scars of engine fumes.