" Oh! I'm sorry." A stray tear escapes the rapid blinking of her bright blue eyes. She stood there, crying silently.I pulled my hands around her and h...gged her to me, her shivering body silently shaking as quiet tears fall all around us."It's okay, people grow up and die all the time, you know? My grandfather was old, god knows how old, but people can't live forever you know?"Her bright clear blue eyes bit into mine, "Good people live forever. That's what my grandpa used to say. Good people are. Understand?” “Yes, Mom. Thanks for supporting me.” I drove for the first couple of hours, until we reached the interstate. Becky was still really pissed at Jackson and I was sure this episode wasn’t over. It was really poor judgment to approach me in the main office where the conversation would be public. It would be all over the school in minutes. Jackson was going to catch some real shit if I knew Becky. She took over the driving with Rachel in the front seat and me lying in the back, my. It was night the next time he awoke. This time the horrible pounding in his head was gone, and he knew he was on the mend. He was flat on his back, and he attempted to sit up - a mistake. He began to dry heave, the awful sound bringing a visitor to his room, a man this time, also in white like the girl who'd been there earlier. Looking at Malfoy briefly, the man returned with a glass of water and a very small white ball on a saucer."Swallow this - it will stop the retching." What is it?" asked. " Dave pushed the video cartridge into the player and turned on the monitor. Carla stood in stunned silence, occasionally shooting alternately threatening and pleading glances at the people around her, especially her brother; then sank slowly to sit on the bleacher as the video showed her putting Buster back into his run and walking naked back to the house."Wait," Fran almost shouted when Dave reached for the stop button, "there's more." How could there be more Carla wondered, I came back to.