Addy and Becky were both going to cross country, so I didn’t see them at all after school. God, I’m kind of a loser. I hardly have any friends. I�...�m too quiet. Whatever.I had my head plunked against the cold bus window waiting for it to start banging me over and over again when the bus would start rolling. My brother sat down a few rows up, he didn’t even acknowledge me. He was deep in conversation with some boys about some boysuff.I sighed and stared at him. Would it kill him to be nice to me?. MEAGAN’S DEPARTURE Friday was Meagan’s last day in the office. She didn’t want the staff making a big fuss about her leaving Paris so we had a nice lunch that day and she spent the afternoon saying good bye to everyone. I didn’t see her again before she left for the states and I was a little disappointed that we didn’t have one more role in the hay. I had somewhat expected to hear from her that weekend but did not. The following week Meagan’s replacement arrived and she was from our UK office.. Maybe they are a little singed … around the edges.’ ‘Poor baby … want mommy to kiss them for you? Come over, and I’ll see what I can do for you! It will give me a nice break from my books and drawing pencils!’ ‘That’s the kindest thing I have heard tonight! Be right over!’ After Angie buzzes me in, I barely knock on the door, when it opens and Angela is dressed in shorts and a loose V-neck sweater. Our bodies melt together into a sweet embrace and kiss. Then she takes my hands, and kisses my. Still ... I had gotten used to having her around.Jonas stood at a bench in Elias's workshop, filling tiny vials with an orange syrup. "We need a thousand of these for this festival?" he asked."Yes," his mentor replied. "There will be three venues this year." Elias -- don't you wonder what life on Earth is like right now?" I don't give it much thought," Elias replied. "There very well could be no life on Earth as we speak." What about the marvelous technology that brought us here?" That hasn't.