Josh Mendel has a secret. Unfortunately, everyone knows what it is.

I suddenly realize that I'm naked, which shouldn't bother me since it's the phone, but for some reason it does. "How's it hanging?" Kyra asks and now I think I'm blushing. It's just an expression, but jeez!

Don't be stupid. You're a child. You don't know what it means to be in love." And she flung open the car door as if she wished she had the strength to rip it from the hinges, and stalked off to the house through the rain. That night, I lay in bed, troubled by what she'd said, blocking out the sounds of argument from my parents' room. Was love what my parents had? Yelling at eachother, worrying about money? Never smiling? Never happy? If that was love, then I didn't want it.

This is why I forgive, but I don't forget. When you forget someone, the forgiveness doesn't mean anything anymore.

What if a puppet could cut its own strings, and in that act of defiance and strength of will become truly alive? Become is own puppetmaster?

Homecoming's stupid." And it is. Buch of kids looking for excuses to grope eachother all night.

It's a good day when a goddess gets on the school-bus with you.