`` you look as beautiful from behind as you do in front , '' he whispered against her ear . nix said her name out loud . there were just some mean kids there and it was getting too hard to stay . even the skin of his elbows was soft . she must be looking for that morning sunrise . that added a different hurt to the pain - a sting , like a paper cut across the heart . `` you took the room next to mine ? '' he does n't know how strong you are . '' 