breeze

Have either of you seen Sam? Brianna can__ find him.__lbert sighed. __e__ out of town.__dilio felt the blood drain out of his face. __e__ what?__strid arrived, coldly furious. ____ not on the council anymore. You have no right____hut up, Astrid,_ Edilio said.Astrid, Albert, and Howard all stared. Edilio was as amazed as any of them. He considered apologizing__e had never spoken to Astrid that way. He__ never spoken to anyone that way.The truth was he was scared. Sam was out of town? With Drake running loose?__hat makes you think Sam is out of town?_ Edilio asked Albert.__ sent him,_ Albert said. __im and Dekka. Taylor and Jack, too. They__e looking for water.___hey__e what?___ooking for water.

When she came back down, Sam and Astrid had arrived.Sam hugged Dekka, and the two of them stayed that way for a long time, saying nothing. Both had loved Brianna.To Edilio, Sam said, ____ so sorry, man. I wish I__ . . . You know what I wish.__dilio fought back a fresh rush of tears, nodded, waited until he was sure he could speak, and said, ____ glad you__e back, boss.

In the fall of leaves,In the hustle of breeze,In the curve of streams, I foresee,Nature keeps more concealed,Than it lets us peep!

Go, Breeze,_ someone yelled.But another voice yelled, __uit showing off, stupid mutant.__rianna stopped dead. Her dress settled back into place. __ho said that?__il. The same jerk who had picked on Jack over the phones.__e,_ Zil said, stepping forward. __nd don__ bother trying to look tough. I__ not scared of you, freak.___ou should be,_ Brianna hissed.Suddenly there was Dekka, up off her chair, hand extended between Brianna and Zil. __o,_ she said in her deep voice. __one of that.__uinn joined her. __ekka__ right, we can__ be having fights and stuff here. Sam will shut this place down.___aybe we should have two different clubs,_ a seventh grader named Antoine said. __ou know, one for freaks and one for normals.___an, what is the matter with you?_ Quinn demanded.__ don__ like her acting like she__ so cool, is all,_ Zil said, stepping beside Antoine.__ou should be on our side, Quinn. Everyone knows you__e a normal,_ another kid, Lance, said. __ell_kind of normal. You__e still Quinn.

It__ time,_ Jack said.__reeze? Count the kids,_ Sam said.Brianna was back in twenty seconds. __ighty-two, boss.___bout a third,_ Jack observed. __ third of what__ left.___ait. Make that eighty-eight,_ Brianna said. __nd a dog.__ana, looking deeply irritated__ fairly usual expression for her__nd Sanjit, looking happy__ fairly usual expression for him__nd Sanjit__ siblings were trotting along to catch up.__ don__ know if we__e staying up there or not,_ Lana said without preamble. __ want to check it out. And my room smells like crap.__ust before the time was up, Sam heard a stir. Kids were making a lane for someone, murmuring. His heart leaped.__ey, Sam.__e swallowed the lump in his throat. __iana?___ot expecting me, huh?_ She made a wry face. __here__ blondie? I didn__ see her at the big pep rally.___re you coming with us?_ Brianna demanded, obviously not happy about it.__s Caine okay with this?_ Sam asked Diana. __t__ your choice, but I need to know if he__ going to come after us to take you back.___aine has what he wants,_ Diana said.__aybe I should call Toto over,_ Sam said. The truth teller was having a conversation with Spidey. __ could ask you whether you__e coming along to spy for Caine, and see what Toto has to say.__iana sighed. __am, I have bigger problems than Caine. And so do you, I guess. Because the FAYZ is going to do something it__ never done before: grow by one.___hat__ that mean?___ou are going to be an uncle.__am stared blankly. Brianna said a very rude word. And even Dekka looked up.__ou__e having a baby?_ Dekka asked.__et__ hope so,_ Diana said bleakly. __et__ hope that__ all it is.

The wind is made of haunting souls that moan and groan in whistles and whispers. This ghostly choir chills the breeze and orchestrates a rise of goose bumps on my skin.

Happy is the man who enjoy warmth of the sun and refresh in the breeze, who is secure within and say I have lived to-day.

I want you to crave the crisp ocean breezeas much as I do.I want your soul to beas rain-swept as mine.

Maybe life is all about twirling under one of those midnight skies, cutting a swathe through the breeze and gently closing your eyes.

Brianna! Is Sam okay?_ Astrid cried.__o. Drake tore him up._ She wanted to sound tough, but the sobs came bubbling up and overtook her. __h, God, Astrid, he__ hurt so bad.__strid gasped and covered her hand with her mouth. Brianna put her arms around Astrid and sobbed into her hair.__s he going to die?_ Astrid asked, voice wobbly.__o, I don__ think so,_ Brianna said. She stood back and wiped her tears. __ gave him something for the pain. But he__ messed up, Astrid.

All my life I've always come back to one thing,my need to feel free and the need to feel the breeze,the ride provides a freedom this gypsy needs,where every road is another blessed memory,a new experience to carry inside my journey,a sense of belonging to a familiar tribe,a brotherhood that goes beyond a bloodline.

Hey, Sam,_ Drake shouted. __ thought you__ like to know this isn__ my whole army.__am didn__ doubt it.__our girl Brianna tried to stop us._ Drake waved a bowie knife in the air. __ took this from her. I whipped her, Sam._ He snapped his whip hand. The crack was like a pistol shot. __ broke her legs so she couldn__ run. Then . . .__ekka was halfway over the side, ready to swim ashore. Jack grabbed her and held her.__et me go!_ Dekka yelled.__old her,_ Sam ordered Jack. __on__ be stupid, Dekka. He wants us to come rushing at him.___ can beat him,_ Jack said. __ekka and me together, we can kill him.__am registered the fact that Jack was actually making a physical threat. He didn__ remember ever hearing that kind of thing from Jack. But Dekka was Sam__ greater concern.____ going to kill him,_ Dekka said in a voice so deep in her throat she sounded like an animal. ____l kill him. I__l kill him._ Then she shouted, ____ going to kill you, Drake. I__ going to kill you!__rake grinned. __ think she liked it. She was screaming, but she liked it.___e__ lying,_ Toto said.__ho?_ Sam snapped.__im._ He pointed at Drake. __e hasn__ killed that girl or hurt her.__ekka relaxed and Sam and Jack let go of her.__ruth-teller Toto,_ Sam whispered. __e can tell when people are lying.___ just decided I like you,_ Dekka said to Toto. __ou might be useful.__oto frowned. __t__ true: you just decided you like me.

I guess I felt attached to my weakness. My pain and suffering too. Summer light, the smell of a breeze, the sound of cicadas - if I like these things, why should I apologize?

You live through each memory you have hidden inside me. Through the places, we had been to and through the songs, which only we have sung and heard. Every night, I lie down and look at the sky gazing the universe in its eye. Watching the breeze and the stars carry the pieces of us and deliver it to the infinity and every time I wonder if you are doing the same somewhere.

Life gives us a flair of awareness in the breeze of our daily journey and offers a free reign to explore what we are, to experience what we are not and to find out what we may become: a free ride until everything melts down into the indistinct and indefinite, while walking up to the ultimate gate of non-existence. ("Living on probation")