I Figured If I Played Nice, I’d

Did You Know, You're Sort Of Beautiful?' 'you Hit Your Head Pretty Hard, Didn't You?

The Smile Broke Across His Face The Way The Sunrise Set The Clouds On Fire.

I Stared Into Jared's Eyes, And The Strangest Thing Happened. All The Melting And Melding I Had Just Been Through Was Shoved Aside, Into The Smallest Part Of My Body, The Little Corner That I Took Up Physically. The Rest Of Me Yearned Toward Jared With The Same Desperate, Half-crazed Hunger I'd Felt Since The First Time I'd Seen Him Here. This Body Barely Belonged To Me Or To Melanie-it Belonged To Him.

I Tried To Remember How To Exhale. I Had To Look Away Before It Came Back To Me.

With Our Rarely Changing Temperaments Strong Emotions Can Alter Us In Permanent Ways. But He Said I Did Not Need To Worry About That Part – You Had Already Altered Me So Completely.