He's the boy who smokes Marlboro cigarettes and I'm the girl who makes theater puppets. Dreams and ashes__wo things in the universe that should never meet because they are opposites, right?

Lea was on the floor of a stall hugging a toilet. When she heard the door close, she lifted her head and gave me a half smile of embarrassment.'Gracie, I've been chemically inconvenienced and I don't think I can ever leave this toilet. Take a picture of this so I'll never do it again.

I jolt up, a scream lodged in my throat. Drops of sweat roll down my forehead and my throat hurts as if I've been screaming for a long time.

Bryce Colton is telling everyone you hooked up after the bonfire Friday night._ __hat?_ Everyone in the parking lot turned and stared. Okay, maybe I said that a little loud. I hooked my arm through Jane__ and steered her toward the sidewalk. __ went to the bonfire with you. Do you remember seeing me naked with Bryce Colton?__he pouted and kicked a rock off the sidewalk. __ thought maybe you went back after you dropped me off.___hy do you sound disappointed?___t would be nice if one of us had a sex life." I laughed so hard I snorted. That__ one of the reasons I__ best friends with Jane. I never know what she__ going to say.

What is that?_ Addison inspects the food with a look of sheer revulsion on her face. You__ swear I just handed her a plate full of arsenic. __he Works Burger with fries and extra onions and cheese, exactly as you ordered._ I keep my voice level.She sends me a scathing look. __o I look like I__ ever consume that amount of saturated fat?

He knows I__e seen something in him. Something I recognize, only because it exists in me too.