She felt so human that he could barely carry on a conversation.

oh, my God,” I whispered. “But how did they get my photo?Alex tapped his mouth with his thumb. “That …book with everyone’s picture in it, that you have in high school.””Yearbook,” I said. Was he...

Yeah, I must have been really bad in a past life or something.” He smiled, his eyes still in pain. Reaching up, he touched a strand of mt hair. ” Don’t leave, OK?””Shhh. I’m not...

Alex propped himself against the metal railing where Willow had just stood. “Okay, let’s get something straight,” he said in Spanish.”If you think I don’t know you’re after my girfriend, you’re crazy. And if you...

This is the ultimate bad-boy date, isn’t it? Breaking into a different country.””Hey, it makes a change from hot-wiring cars together.””Been there, done that….Alex seriously, are you sure no one’s going to shoot us?

You knowwhat? It’s already been rethought and completely ditched,” he said. And he wrapped his arms around meand we stood looking up at the mountains, with the rising rays of the sun lighting them from...

Hey, you’ve got the girl, I’ve got the picture. That’s fair, right?

The look in his eyes melted me.

Alex grabbed our things from the bike and bought them inside; then he fastened the tent closed, securing us in.”Come here, babe, I’ll keep you warm.

His hands as he worked were deft and sure, but so gentle — he was being careful not to hurt me any more than he had to. I sat very still, hardly daring to move.I...

As we drove uptown, I spotted a Kmart on a corner,with its familiar red sign.I cleared my throat.”Wait. Can we stop for a minute?””What for?””Just – I need a few things.”He looked irritated, but pulled...