Rachel Caine - Glass Houses (2006)

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Because you know, I'm your best friend, but you're just not that badass, man.

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Shane - who knows about Shane? Planet Shane is a lovely place a long way from here.

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Oh, hey, Claire, she said, and blinked. Where are you going? Funeral, Shane said. On-screen, a zombie shrieked and died gruesomely. Yeah? Cool! Whose? Hers. Shane said.

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Shane looked…pale. Pale and shaken and—how predictable was this?—pissed.

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Okay, this was kissing. Serious kissing. Not just a kiss before moving out, not a good-bye, this was Hello, sexy, and wow, she'd never even suspected that it could feel this way.

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Not everything is about beating your head against the wall until it breaks. Just most things.

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Unless you want to hang a This Vein for Rent sign around your neck, move already!

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Why was it the hot mean girls always ran in packs, like hyenas?

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Yeah, and by the way? How much does it suck that I'm an adult if I kill somebody, and not if I want a beer?

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Her eyes burned, her muscles ached, but in some strange and secret place, she was happy to finally be doing something that wasn't just protecting herself, but protecting other people, too.

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Claire. Wake up. She blinked and realized that her head was on Shane's shoulder, and Michael was nowhere to be seen. Her first thought was, Oh my God, am I drooling? Her second was that she hadn't realized she was so close to him, snuggled in. Her third was that although Michael's part of the couch was empty, Shane hadn't moved away. And he was watching her with warm, friendly eyes. Oh. Oh, wow, that was nice.

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You know," Shane said twenty minutes later, "I'd feel a whole lot better about the two of us if you didn't think I was the go-to guy for breaking and entering.

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You're not seriously going out again, are you? Seriously, yeah. Bowling. Her name's Laura. If you want more details, you're gonna have to download the video like everybody else.

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You're kidding. I thought all geniuses read Latin. Isn't that the international language for smart people?"-Shane (Glass Houses)

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You're kind of a psycho. I get that. I might be, Monica agreed, and gave her a slow, strange smile. You're one smart little freak. Now run away, smart little freak, before I change my mind and stick you in one of these old suitcases for some architect to find a hundred years from now. Claire blinked. Archaeologist. Monica's eyes turned winter cold. Oh, you'd better start running away now.

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That's kind of a leap, but the Russian judge gave you a nine point five for style, so okay.

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Run first,' Shane said. 'Mourn later.' It was the perfect motto for Morganville.

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