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I did my best to settle into the crowd My entire body felt bruised and sticky fro with soThe teher than on the outskirts

Laser lights spilled over the stage, bathing us in bright red, and then four silhouettes appeared onstage as if by htly as a tourniquet "Rowan! Addie! That’s theot sucked up into the vortex of screa immediately "Classic" The one that had been made into a music video at the Burren At first Ian looked too stunned to react, and then instead of sed down his red-lit cheek "What’s wrong?" I shouted

He squeezedhalf-moons in my skin "We’re here," he said siabout a different aspect of e, and we’d be separated for the first time What would life be like without Ian bythat sprang to ing along to Titletrack, Ireland green andI really knehat I had to do next

Before I could lose ently at my mom’s sleeve "Mo Soe just as Ian reached down to squeeze ot wider, then disappeared into the distance, too far for me to see as ahead And I just let it

Love & Luck

You’ve coine the pride that’s swelling up in ht at this moment to know that you have not only explored the Emerald Isle, but your broken heart is now MENDED You are completely better, over-the-moon, one-door-closes-ten-ht?

Let’s cut the crap, pet Because now that we’re reaching the end of our tiether, I feel it’s time for me to come clean I don’t want that heart of yours to mend And I never did

What? Was she actually evil this whole time? No, pet Heavens, no Stick with me for a moment

Do you knohat I love ed stupidity When it comes to love, we never learn Ever Even e know the risks Even when it makes much more sense to relocate to individualized clihting chance at re our hearts up, and yet we keep doing it anyway

We keep falling in love and having babies and buying shoes that look incredible but feel like death We keep adopting puppies andto drop a slice of pizza facedown on We just keep doing it

Is it ignorance? A braver?

You opened this book because your heart was broken and you wanted it fixed But that was never the cosmic plan Hell, it was never my plan Hearts break open until they stay open It’s what they were e for the wild, joyful ood-byes, so instead, allow ht, a small Irish charm to clip to your charm bracelet Did you know that each leaf on a clover stands for so? They do, pet Faith, hope, and love And should you happen to find one with four leaves? Well, that’s the one that stands for luck So, s Faith, hope, love, and luck But mostly, I wish you love It’s its own form of luck

--Excerpt from Ireland for the Heartbroken: An Unconventional Guide to the Eue