I'll pretend, I tell myself. Pretending is safer than believing. Votes: 7
My sisters and I sit together on a pair of suitcases. If we've forgotten anything, it's already too late -- our rooms have all been sealed and photographed. Anyway, Tatiana would say it's bad luck to return for something you've forgotten. Votes: 4
It's different now, like pushing the stop lever on my camera until nothing except the war can squeeze through the lens. Votes: 4
Check it out," Gideon saysI prayed to god to send a sign that I wasn't going to get kicked out of school, and a plane flew overhead. And then another one."Molly put her hands on her hipsBehold the celestial event so incredible it happens every 34 seconds." Gid stares at her, uncomprehendingIt's called a flight path," She saysYour a moron." Votes: 2
We should be used to it, Tatiana reasonsThere have always been lines separating us from the rest of the world, whether they were satin ribbons or iron rails. Votes: 1