He pulls the hood over my head. I try to pull back. I'm not trying to run away. I just want to see her... One last time.

Jude's fourth law: Caring equals vulnerability. Never show either.

One of us... One of them... One of us... One of them... A rhythm playing like train wheels on a circular track -- never ending but going nowhere.

Jude's rule number five: Never get to close to anyone or anything that you can't walk away at a moment's notice if you have to. When you have to.

So why did you want to kiss me?" "We're friends aren't we?" Callum shrugged. I relaxed into a smile. "Of course we are." "And if you can't kiss your friends who can you kiss?" Callum smiled.

The status quo is never news, only challenges to it.

That just the way it is. Some things will never change. That's just the way it is. But don't you believe them.