Bethany Griffin

I__e perfected the art of the fake smile. It__ not so difficult when you are completely numb.

I always thought about you. From the night I took you home. I never really stopped thinking about you.

Will leans forward, pulls off his mask, and kisses my forehead. "I'm glad I was the one to save you this time" he whispers.

You have to remember that there are reasons to live, and that at least a few people are decent, and that the world is worthwhile some of the time, okay?__ raise my face to his, wanting another kiss, but he stops me.__ou will remember?__he balloon bumps downward again. His eyes are still closed.__hy don__ you open your eyes?__e opens one and squints at me for a second. ____ terrified of heights,_ he says.

Thank you for stitching me up" I say."I seem to have a talent for it.

I won't cry. When the guilt is this heavy, you can't. It just settles and stays with you, and it's cold.

She has to live, Eliott. I owe her a lifetime of apologies.___ometimes I think that__ all we owe our parents.

Bursts of hope make despair harder to live with.