How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
And then I forgot everything except the dance. I was able to dance for the first time in my life, really dance, and understand why it worked, one body against another body. (7.59)
Evie's just a young girl, but she still has a Dirty Dancing moment when Peter asks her to dance by the pool. After all, nobody puts Evie in a corner.
Quote #2
It was only a second. A quick kiss. He didn't even put his arms around me. But it was a kiss, a real kiss. Right on the lips. I felt his whiskery stubble against my chin. I was being kissed, and by a man, not a boy. (15.36)
Evie's never even been kissed by a boy her own age before, so it must be thrilling to be kissed by someone who is actually growing facial hair. Peter Coleridge isn't some dopey high school boy; he's a man who's served in the war. Swoon.
Quote #3
What was stopping me from finding out what lay behind Peter's kiss? He had kissed me that one time, a real kiss, right on the mouth. Sure, he'd regretted it, but he'd done it. He'd called me irresistible, so why was he resisting? (16.64)
Good girls aren't supposed to want to find out what's beyond a kiss, but Evie's curiosity is killing her. Curiosity doesn't seem to be killing Peter in return (leave that to Joe and Bev).