His voice was low, and I think he would've been hot if he weren't radiating that air of "I Am Super Evil--No, Really--And Not In The Sexy Way.

Let's just say you may regret that second piece of cake.' Oh my God. Regret cake? Whatever was about to happen must be truly evil.

Mom smiled and brushed my hair away from my face. __ou can call yourself whatever youwant.___kay. Sophie Awesome Sparkle-Princess it is.

It__l make you feel better._ "By making me dead?_ I asked. __ mean, I__ sure that would make my headache go away, but that__ a heck of a side effect.

I__ not thrilled. And I totally reserve the right to angst over all this later. But honestly, Mom? Right now, I__ so happy to see you that I wouldn__ care if you__e secretly a ninja sent from the future to destroy kittens and rainbows.

Don__ we get it? To put our arm around someone who is gay, someone who has an addiction, somebody who lives a different lifestyle, someone who is not what we think they should be_ doing that has nothing to do with enabling them or accepting what they do as okay by us. It has nothing to do with encouraging them in their practice of what you or I might feel or believe is wrong vs right.It has everything to do with being a good human being. A good person. A good friend.