.." It had to have been the thing she’d swallowed. Stupid. She’d already failed to follow the Long-Long Club’s advice. Was she going to die now?...Were her insides melting? Shit. She’d never get to try the ‘Brotherhood’...A minute had passed since she sat on the ground, and the nausea faded almost as soon as it had come on. Hopefully that was the last of it. She’d have to trust in her stomach to digest whatever was in those orbs. "Noelle?" The voice came through the door."Coming!" Noelle called,. Alya laughed. "Since you put it that way, how can I refuse?" Oh, thank you!" Lissa exclaimed, then threw her arms around her roommate and hugged her."Careful, or you're going to catch my cold."The timer sounded on the oven."Oh, dinner's ready," Lissa announced. "It's a new recipe I'm trying out. Since you're probably not up to making dinner, would you like some of mine?" You don't mind?" asked Alya. "I mean, do you have enough?" Plenty. I always make enough for leftovers, so sharing isn't a. Everything was so damn boring withoutAshley. She felt that way even now after over a year since theaccident. Natalie's jaw dropped when she saw Ashley standing stiff ascould be at her door, seemingly struggling to hold something back."Natalie! It's been so long. You look so se... great, I mean great."Ashley resisted the urge to tackle Natalie to the ground at that exactmoment. She was so damned hot now that she was out of high school."A... A... Ashley? But... no, you're dead. Who are you?". She hoped in time her Papa would forgive her and even poor Romano. She never wanted to hurt him. She would've even wanted to be his friend if he would have wanted that but he always wanted more from her and that she wasn't able to give. She hoped in time he would forget her and find someone new who was more suitable for him. She thought of all this as they drove silently into the summer night."I know a little chapel in the next town," he told her and I've made arrangements with the minister and.