“And drinking and smoking, ” Melissa sang.“Stop the music!” Gwen yelled. The band complied at once.“Hey, we’re missing something!” Kim s...id in her normal voice.“Yeah, ” Jill said.“It’s not the same, ” Skye opined.“I know!” Claire said with a big smile. She held up a finger and disappeared behind the drum set.She reappeared in a moment with a tray and seven plastic cups filled with a green liquid. They all took a cup and then a drink.“Yep!” Melissa said. “Blakely’s Island Punch! Just what the. "Merry Christmas, darlin'," he whispers in the firm voice I've grown very fond of, "what do you want for Christmas?" What could I ask for? I already got the kiss I longed for. "I don't know, Russ," I whisper. "C'mon, there has to be something you want. You wouldn't have come all this was over just to give me a present if you didn't want something in return," he says. I look at him with big, blue, innocent eyes, unsure of what to say as I wrap my arms around his shoulders in a tender embrace. I. Mary sighed, she had grown to really like Jim in the years they had spent working together. If she had ever had a brother he was what she wished he would have been like. The thought of leaving the lab and Jim made her a little sad, but she knew when she started that it wouldn't last forever. Mary knew that her identity was safe. All but 2 of the agents that had worked with her had been killed in the war. Of the two that were left, one was in critical condition and the other was Jim and she knew. Maybe my body had decided to pee out of my eyes. I wiped my face again and sucked in my cheeks to keep myself under control. “Let’s go.”The people in the hallways who looked at me with pity pissed me off. None of them knew me. In their eyes I was defined by my loss, not by who I really was or even who Sam had been. The anger kept me from crying, so I used it.I held it together until I saw Simon waiting near my homeroom. He saw me the same time I saw him, but I also saw him shoot a wary glance.