Before I Fall- Lauren Oliver

-''His hands are buried in his pockets, and his shoulders are shrugged towards his ears like he's trying to stay warm. I've been waiting to run into him all day, but now my mind is blank. He bites the edge of his lip-the cutest thing I've ever seen. I think he might be nervous. His eyes are flitting over my face and then away, and each time they land on me it feels like the world is falling away and it's just the two of us in the middle of a bright, green field. He smiles, it's so big it's like a huge beam of sunshine. I've unconsciously taken several steps towards him, so I can feel the heat coming off his body. I wonder what he would do if I pulled him to me right now, brushed my lips against his the way he did-the way I hope he did last night. But even the idea sends a flurry of butterflies upward from my stomach, my whole body feeling wivery and uncertain. I'm mentally kicking myself, in my head, this played out so much easier. In my head, he would lean down and do the thing with his lips again, the soft fluttery thing. I'm desperate to make it all go right again, desperate to get back to that feeling I had last night, we had last night. A temporary sadness for what I've lost overwhelms me. Somewhere in the endless spinning of eternity, that one, tiny, fraction of a second where our lips met is lost forever. He puckers his forehead. Adorable, how did I not realize how adorable he is? He leans even closer until our lips are less than four inches apart. I can smell peppermint candy on his breath, and my head starts spinning wildly like it's been turned into a gigantic merry-go-round. He gives me a huge smile, I'm buzzing from his smile and being so close to him. I feel light and invincible, the best kind of tipsy.''
Before I Fall - author LAUREN OLIVER