In the Unlikely Event

desire

• a dark-haired boy came up to her, wrapped his arms around her and held her close, as if they'd been dancing together forever

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• none of them would feel the way Miri had in his arms… she was in that red dress, and when it came to kissing, it turned out she was more than willing

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• 'All boys want the same thing.' So do girls, Miri thought. She wouldn't go all the way until she was twenty-three or married, whichever came first.

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• She tried to imagine how it would feel to have his hands on her naked back. Just that thought was enough to make her legs so weak she had to sit down.

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belonging

• More than once Miri had allowed herself to fantasize being a part of Natalie's perfect family… Miri and Natalie would be sisters

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grief

• When they came to the site of the crash, they stood silently… 'I saw it happen,' she told him. 'I was coming home from the movies with my mother.'

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