She cleans a toilet inside and out under a minute. More like terrifying

Stay with me tonight. Let me hold you even if that's all it is. Let me keep you safe.

I needed him like I'd never needed anyone.

The older woman waiting for admittance looked at me, then over her shoulder at Patch, who was vanishing down the hall. “Honey,” she told me, “he looks slippery as soap.

Arrogance can be deadly.” The corners of his mouth crept up. “But you didn’t hear me say that.

Science is an investigation," Coach said, sanding his hands together. "Science requires us to transform into spies." Put that way, science almost sounded fun. But I'd been in Coach's class long enough not to get my hopes up.

When I'm wasted, I can almost forget who I am," he said, his smile fading slightly. "I know I'm still there, but only barely. It's a good place to be." He tipped back the thermos, eyes on the dark sea straight ahead