Every couple needs to argue now and then. Just to prove that the relationship is strong enough to survive. Long-term relationships, the ones that mat… - Nicholas Sparks

I steeled myself to focus only on the present yet remain alert to what might come next.

Believe me, I'm no romantic, and while I've heard all about love at first sight, I've never believed in it, and I still don't. But even so, there was something there, something recognizably real, and I couldn't look away.

That initial anger she had felt turned to sadness, and now it had become something else, almost a dullness of sorts. Even though she was constantly in motion, it seemed as if nothing special ever happened to her anymore. Each day seemed exactly like the last, and she had trouble differentiating among them.