Double Clutch Quotes

“Are you going to kiss me?" I blabbered stupidly.
"I'm working up the nerve," he said softly.”
― Liz Reinhardt, Double Clutch

“Can I..." He stopped and his jaw flexed. "Can I kiss you?"
I didn't answer, and he didn't wait for me to. His hands caught me gently behind the neck and he pressed his mouth to mine, softly but firmly. Then he moved one arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him.”
― Liz Reinhardt, Double Clutch

“I did not ask you out. But I would seriously think about not shooting you down if you asked me. Nicely." I had to keep my pride.
He took both of my hands in his. "Brenna Blixen will you be my girlfriend, please." He held up one of my hands and kissed my knuckles smoothly. "Pretty please. With sugar on top.”
― Liz Reinhardt, Double Clutch

“You don't have to lie to me to be nice, Jake. You can just say, 'Wow, your nails look crappy.'" I did my best boy voice.
"Well, I will tell you that's a crappy imitation of my voice." He smiled so wide I could see his eyetooth from across the table. "But you've got to know you're totally hot, chipped nails and all." He burned beet red all the way to the roots of his hair. "Man, you get me to say some embarrassing stuff, Brenna." He rubbed his hand on the back of his neck.
"Hey, don't blame me when you feel moved to make strange declarations.”
― Liz Reinhardt, Double Clutch

“I'm winning a date with you. Granted, it's the frigging lamest date on earth, but I'm winning it anyway.”
― Liz Reinhardt, Double Clutch

“You’re deceptively good, Blix. Just the perfect amount of bitch to be sexy.”
― Liz Reinhardt, Double Clutch

“Was she someone special?” I hoped it might be for a lot of reasons.
“Yeah, Bren. I proposed to her right after she let me feel her up in someone’s parent’s bathroom at a house party. It was magical.”
― Liz Reinhardt, Double Clutch

“So I knew this wasn't going to be one of those things where I liked a guy and then this awful girl liked him, and I got the guy because I was so wholesome and right and good. This was real life. In real life, I had to get a serious grip.”
― Liz Reinhardt, Double Clutch

“I should haven’t gotten all self-righteous on you. If you want to strip on a pole… well, I’ll stand guard with a gun, but I’ll support you.”
― Liz Reinhardt, Double Clutch

“I don’t want to be your God damn friend”
― Liz Reinhardt, Double Clutch

“Why don't you wear those tiny shorts when you run, like they do in the movies?" His voice was low and sexy, and he knew it.
"Because I'm not in a movie. I know it's confusing, since you obviously live 'The Saxon Show' day and night, but some of us want to live a boring, old, normal high school life, you know?”
― Liz Reinhardt, Double Clutch

“It’s not just a damn game. Whatever it is that I feel for you is more real than anything I’ve ever felt before.”
― Liz Reinhardt, Double Clutch

“You two should do the next partner project together,” she said as she flipped through our portfolios. “You both have excellent designs, and you have polar opposite strengths. You’d do well together.” Jake and I nodded respectfully, but under the table, he rubbed my leg. “I guess we’re pretty good together,” he whispered against my ear later in the hall. “Is that what she said? I thought she said you could learn a lot from me.”

Reinhardt, Liz (2011-09-06). Double Clutch (A Brenna Blixen Novel) (p. 206). . Kindle Edition.”
― Liz Reinhardt, Double Clutch