adam vader

Let's go," I said." Go where?"" On Lori's date with Parker." Now he looked at me over the nerdy spectacles he wore for reading." I wasn't aware it was a double date. And you're not my type.

— Jennifer Echols

Of!" Adam caught me all right, with the side of his head. I could tell by the feel of his skull on my foot as I kicked him. He grabbed me the best he could anyway, and we half landed, half fell in the pine needles. He lay face down on the ground. I flopped him over on his back to make sure he was alive. If he had a concussion, we'd have to call the ambulance, which meant we'd get caught, and he'd get sent to military school. On the bright side, maybe the military school would not take him if he had brain damage." I'm so sorry."" Worth it," he grunted. He rolled onto his feet like a ninja and grabbed my hand. "Hurry, before they release the hounds.

— Jennifer Echols

Oh, God," Lori said without looking at me, "what are they thinking, leaving the two of us alone out here on the dock together? We might TALK or something."" That would be awful," I said. "I might give you a hickey." She laughed, still watching for Cameron's start instead of looking at me. "Just by talking to me?"" I can talk filthy. You'd be surprised.

— Jennifer Echols

Son," he said, "you monkeyed up.

— Jennifer Echols

Stay away from her."" Okay."" Keep your hands off her."" I'll try." He scowled at me." I will," I said.

— Jennifer Echols

Stubble or what?" Eyes still closed he chuckled. "I'm not shaving until our parents let us date again." He kissed my cheek. "What if it takes... a... while?" I asked struggling to talk. He'd made his way down to my neck. His tongue circled there slowly. "There are only six or seven weeks until August football practice starts right?" "Hm." His mouth moved up my neck toward my ear. Oh. "Will you be able to stuff your beard into your helmet?" I croaked. In answer, he put his lips on my ear. I forgot the next joke I'd planned to make and lost myself in Adam.

— Jennifer Echols

Taking his hand I said "Fans woo.""Hm," he laughed with his mouth closed.

— Jennifer Echols

Think like a middle-aged man with OCD, a dead wife, and a teenage daughter. Think like a woman with three teenage sons who once ran a golf cart into the side of their granddad's house."" Cameron and Sean shouldn't have let me drive," Adam said in his own defense. "I was seven."" You shouldn't have ASKED to drive. You were seven.

— Jennifer Echols

What did Kevin Ye get arrested for anyway? Didn't he steal a car?" "He stole the driver's ed car." I laughed. Then I saw how Adam was looking at me. "He gave it back." "They MAKE you give stuff back, Lori, after they arrest you for stealing it.

— Jennifer Echols

You make terrible, terrible plans." "Hey," I protested. "One of my plans caught you didn't it?" "Yeah, but you meant to catch Sean." He took his hand off my shoulder. I waved his concerns away, along with a cloud of gnats that had found us in the forest. "You're getting lost in the details. Keep the big picture in mind.

— Jennifer Echols