Boys. Listen up. We are going out for a girlsโ night, where there will be dancing.โ Kami did an illustrative shimmy. Angela looked resigned. Jared looked amused. โWhat was that?โ โYouโve got to dance like nobodyโs watching, Jared,โ Kami informed him. โHave you considered that perhaps nobodyโs watching because theyโre too embarrassed for you?โ โFine,โ said Kami, grinning at him. โBe a hater of dances. Be a hater of joy. I donโt care. Youโre not invited!
Sarah Rees BrennanI don't really dance for pleasure much." "Uh--so you, uh, usually dance professionally, or what?" Seb asked. "Yeah," said Nick. "The ballet is my passion.
Sarah Rees BrennanThere's this book," Jared said. "And in this book a guy said that he would rather touch someones hand if she was dead than another girl who was alive. It's creepy. I know that." He was staring off into space, as if at some private nightmare. "Nothing matters in comparison. Nobody is real but her. So it feels sometimes as if nothing else matters at all, including other people. She wouldn't like that. Other people SHOULD matter." *** So he loved Kami.
Sarah Rees BrennanPeter,โ Ashley asked softly, โDo you know what that was?โ โOf course,โ Peter said, much affronted. โA thimble.โ โNo,โ said Ashley, staring, โThat was a kiss.โ โDidnโt it strike you as a little different from other thimbles youโve had in the past?โ Peter looked shifty. โWell, yes.โ โHa!โ โIt was my first thimble with tongue.โ Peter told her with dignity.
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