It'll be a bit before anyone checks the freezer, and we can slip out before they do." I paused, and let my own arms wrap tightly around her, "And besi...es... We need to keep our temperatures up. I'd hate to freeze in here."Shanna tittered, and I knew I'd won her over. "Keeping our temperatures up, huh? Is that what we're doing?" I felt her lips along the underside of my jaw, and turned my face down to hers, enjoying how soft her lips felt against mine.Her tongue pressed against my teeth, and I. You make everyone else better because you don't just sing, you put on a performance. That never happened before. Now, we've got Bud and Al and even stodgy old me getting in on the act. Stan's drumming has never been better. We're going to finish this summer and realize just how far we've come from last March. It will seem like a million miles."I watched their faces as I finished my synopsis of their contribution. They looked at each other before turning back to me. They didn't seem to know how. Stern Vern the principal of course blamed me, mostly because I got blamed for everything bad that happened at the school (remember what happened between my dad and Stern Vern?). I don't know why, but this time I didn't fight it but I also didn't confess. Everyone was sure I did it! The sheriff at the time was so convinced he even put me in jail overnight to try to break me. But I was exonerated and released the next day because someone put a thermite bomb on the top of Stern Vern's car, which. "When are you going to tell Chase?" Lucy asked curiously.I shrugged. "The sooner the better I guess." I'll be here for you," Lucy said sweetly and squeezed my hand.I walked around school the next day in a trance. I had hardly slept the night before. I had kept rubbing my tummy thinking there was a life growing inside of me. Part of me was happy and part of me was miserable.I found Chase by his locker after school. He was talking to one of his football buddies Marc. As I approached I heard Chase.