Really? I say. Hmm. I guess it’s possible that she’s not home. It’s not nighttime yet. The original story doesn’t take place until tomorrow, so she might not even be around right now. She could be out...
Do you know I ate frog legs once? Jonah asks. Uh-oh. You what? screams a horrified Frederic. It’s true! Jonah says, clearly not catching the stop talking look I’m shooting him. We went to a French res...
Land.
Dogsicle!
Why do you think people cheat?, I asked.Because they're bored? Because they can? Because they're selfish and think they're entitled to anything they want? Because they don't think they'll get caught?
That's our story.How we became a we.And that's what we are these day. A we.When you're a group that can hear each other's thoughts, the line between I and We gets kind of blurry.
Power is the ability to influence and control.
MISTAKE!
I got my hair soaked! This is a heart attack! The earthworms say: You should love me back!
They write songs about California girls for a reason.
Just because a relationship ends, it doesn't mean it's not worth having.
Getting married is forever, no matter what my spouse does.
Biological clock? I don't even own a watch.
A guy who treats his mom well, treats his wife well.
Again, right? But how will they know to save us? Hmm. Yopopa’s supposedly a genius. That’s probably
You’re also kind of a Hufflepuff, don’t you think? Leela asks. Hardworking, loyal . . . Although last night you were a total Gryffindor. So brave. Maybe I’m Divergent, I say.
Well, there are other versions of the story, I say, thinking out loud. Besides the throwing and the kissing. Like what? Frederic asks. I bite my lip. This is going to be worse than the frog-legs conve...
We were not always freaks. Sure, most of us occasionally exhibited freakish behavior. But that’s not the same thing. This is the story of how we became freaks. It’s how a group of Is became a we.
We don’t have clairvoyance or precognition. At least, I don’t. Does anyone else? I don’t even know what those mean, Jordana said. Telepathy is when you can hear other people’s thoughts. Clairvoyance i...
In the reflection I see my shoulder-length curly brown hair. My lime-green pajamas. My striped slippers.