• I pull back, gasping for breath. Reeling. His breath is ragged, and I place my hands on his cheeks to steady him. "Is this okay?" I whisper. "Are you okay?" His reply is anguished. Honest. "I love you."

    Stephanie Perkins: I pull back, gasping for breath. Reeling. His breath is ragged, and I place my hands on his cheeks to steady him. "Is this okay?" I whisper. "Are you okay?"  His reply is anguished. Honest. "I love you."
    Stephanie Perkins (2014). “Lola and the Boy Next Door”, p.191, Usborne Publishing Ltd