I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You

If the Communists and the Capitalists could fight together to take down the Nazis … I told myself. If Spike could fight alongside Buffy to rid the world of demons … If lemon could join forces with lime to create something as delicious and refreshing as Sprite, then surely I can work alongside Macey McHenry for the cause of true love!

Bex was grinning like this was the most fun she'd ever had in her entire life.

I looked at my watch and checked my gear instead of crying. I had a mission objective and not a broken heart.

But that's a girl's right—isn't it? To cry sometimes for no reason? Really, when you think about it, that ought to be in the Constitution

We're not brave like you.

And just like that I remembered why Gallagher Girls and town boys aren't supposed to mix.

I slipped farther down the passageway and eventually slid to a window seat in an abandoned classroom. I didn't cry. Something told me the universe couldn't handle both Morgan women weeping at the same time, so I sat there stoically, letting my mother be the weak one for a little while, taking my turn on duty.

Happy birthday, Daddy.

Then I felt the earrings in my pocket, and I knew why the tears had picked that night to come

Doesn't she know this is one of those rare moments in life where everything is right and good and wonderful?

Doesn't she know these moments always end?