Sodoyouthinkyoucouldtrustmetogotothedancetonight?" she blurted before losing her nerve. Viktor and Viveka exchanged a quick glance. Are they considering it? They are! They trust -"No, " they said together. Frankie resisted the urge to spark. Or scream. Or threaten to go on a charging strike. She had prepared herself for this. It had always been a possibility. That's why she'd read 'Acting For Young Actors: The Ultimate Teenage Guide' by Mary Lou Belli and Dihah Lenney. So she could act like she understood their rejection. Act like she accepted it. And act like she would return to her room with grace. "Well, thanks for hearing me out, " she said, kissing them on the cheeks and skipping off to bed. "Good night."" Good night?" Viktor responded. "That's it? No argument?"" No argument, " Frankie said with a sweet smile. "You have to see this punishment through or you're not teaching me anything. I get it."" O-kay." Viktor returned to his medical journal, shaking his head as if he couldn't quite believe what he was hearing." We love you." Viveka blew another kiss." I love you, too." Frankie blew two back. Time for Plan B. Lisi Harrison
Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.
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Lemony Snicket
You know all that sympathy that you feel for an abused child who suffers without a good mom or dad to love and care for them? Well, they don't stay children forever. No one magically becomes an adult the day they turn eighteen. Some people...
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Ashly Lorenzana
When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?
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Shannon L. Alder
It never gets easier, missing you. And sometimes I wonder if it ever will.
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Heather Brewer
Parents have this twisted belief that anyone under the age of about twenty simply can’t know what love is, like the age to love is assessed in the same way the law assesses the legal age to drink. They think that the ‘emotional growth’ of...
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J.a. Redmerski
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Truth is beauty
Are you a female dog?"" What?" Massie asked. "Why?"
Claire, did I invite you to my barbeque?" Massie asked, her neck tilting to the right and her arms tightly crossed." Huh? No. I mean, I don't know, " Claire said." Massie said through her teeth.
EH.MA.GAWD.
I dunno." She sat on the bench and hugged the robe like a pillow. "I still think that Brett guy is cute."" Good luck getting him away from Bekka." Cleo gathered her silky black hair into a high pony and pink-dabbed Smith's Rosebud Salve on...
