How we cite our quotes: (Poem Title, Stanza)
Quote #4
I asked Adam to hold me, kiss me longer, harder.
Oh God. I love you.
Begged him to help me remember the taste of love.
How will I live without you?
Pleaded with him not to live without me. Write. Call.I will. I promise. (But Right Then.1-6)
Kristina may gain some experience in the romance department during her trip, but the fact that she seems to actually think her relationship with Adam will last after she returns home shows that she still has a lot to learn about how relationships function. She may think they can survive the distance between Albuquerque and Reno, but as things turn out, it's pretty impossible.
Quote #5
So why didn't it sound inviting? I was home. Everything was the same, everything exactly as it should be. Everything, that is, except me. (All Thoughts of Bad Habits.5)
Having returned from her dad's house pretty much an entirely different person, Kristina has to go through the eerie adjustment of re-entering her normal environment—and it's harder than she expects. While Kristina herself feels drawn to her old routine, like family summer events, Bree feels out of place and rebellious.
Quote #6
I never went to Albuquerque expecting to find love. I thought it had found me there, followed me home.
I never came home expecting to lose love in the space of one brief telephone call.
Is it always so short-lived? (His Idea of Love.5-7)
Oh, Kristina—welcome to the world of first teenage romances. Maybe love isn't always short-lived, but when you're sixteen, it usually is.