You're Not Gay, Are You?" Simon's Greenish

I Want You To Be Happy, And Him To Be Happy. And Yet When You Walk That Aisle To Meet Him And Join Yourselves Forever You Will Walk An Invisible Path Of The Shards Of My Heart Tessa. I Would Give Over My Own Life For Either Of Yours.

It Was At First Almost As If He Hadn't Wanted To Kiss Her. His Mouth Was Hard On Hers, Unyielding; Then He Put Both Arms Around Her And Pulled Her Against Him. His Lips Softened. She Could Feel The Rapid Beat Of His Heart, Taste The Sweetness Of Apples Still On His Mouth. She Wound Her Hands Into His Hair, As She'd Wanted To Do Since The First Time She'd Seen Him. His Hair Curled Around Her Fingers, Silky And Fine. Her Heart Was Hammering, And There Was A Rushing Sound In Her Ears, Like Beating Wings

He Bent To Put His Cheek Against Hers. His Breath Against Her Ear Made Her Shudder With Each Deliberately Spoken Word. "i Have Wanted To Do This," He Said, "every Moment Of Every Hour Of Every Day That I Have Been With You Since The Day I Met You.

A Sort Of Good-bye Without Saying Good-bye," He Said. "it Is A Reference To A Passage In The Bible. 'and Mizpah, For He Said, The Lord Watch Between Me And Thee When We Are Absent One From Another.

I Believe That Authors Don't Have A Responsibility To Include "messages" In Their Work, But They Do Have A Responsibility To Write A World That Seems True And Real, Never More Than When Expecting Readers To Believe In Magic And Angels And Fairies.