Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin

I was the greatest thing since air conditioning, and who didn't love air conditioning?

I stared. Then I stared some more before mumbling, “I can’t deal with you today.” He gave me this dumb look that begged for a smack. “What?”

"I’ve liked you from the moment I met you.” He blinked, his eyebrows knitting together in surprise. “Damn, Gaby. I’m fucking crazy about you.”

“I used to run track.” “You did?” He made it sound like the idea was preposterous. Rude.

"Take it off!" Julian had yelled. Eli began peeling up his shirt, which made me scream, "Put it back on! Put it back on!"

I looked up to see that his grin was telling me a story about an incredibly handsome man that didn’t take himself too seriously. It was like finding a four-leaf clover.

"Gaby, remember when you swore you were in love with Reiner Kulti? But you'd never met him? If he would've shown up at our door, you would've sold your soul to the devil to be with him."

"And he's always talking about you. ‘Gaby said this, Gaby said that.’"

"I don't know what I'm doing with you half the time." Sacha snickered almost lazily. "I like you so much it makes me stupid."