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Ch.1 Too Much of EverythingA Chapter by theladygracelingThe first chapter of my book. |
Ch.3 EmptyA Chapter by theladygracelingThe funeral felt endless.it went onand onand onand on.I know everyone was staring at me.I felt them with their eyeson my back,thinking to themselves:L.. |
Ch. 4 CluelessA Chapter by theladygracelingThere's a line forming nowwhere her family is standing.People hug them,and they cry,and they sniffle,and they hug them again,and they tell them how so.. |
Ch. 5 BruisedA Chapter by theladygracelingI get more nervousand I start shakingas I get closer and closerto the front of the line.Will tries to get meclose to the frontso I can get it over wit.. |
The SeaA Chapter by WixedA boy is dropped into a sea of trees. A planet away from home and a death sentence awaits him. |
Ch. 7 The Things That Never ComeA Chapter by theladygracelingWill drives me homebecause we're using his trucksince my car is still being repaired.Also,I still get flashbackswhen I sitin the driver's seat of a ca.. |
Ch. 8 Take Me ThereA Chapter by theladygracelingI look up and bring myselfto look out the windshield.I have a memorythat's been haunting mefor three weeks.A memory that starts with melooking out of .. |
Ch. 9 There's No Place Like HomeA Chapter by theladygracelingWill doesn't park in my driveway.Instead, he goes fartherto the next houseand pulls in therewithout me even telling him to.He knows how tiring it isfo.. |
Ch. 10 NumbA Chapter by theladygracelingWill gets out firstbecause I can't move.He opens my doorand says my name,quietly first."Riley..."But I don't move or speak.So he says it again."Riley... |
Ch. 11 Home Sweet HomeA Chapter by theladygracelingHe says he's starvingso he takes me into the kitchenand sets me down in a chair.It's cold in the house,colder than usual.And it's quiet,and empty,but .. |
Ch. 12 Lies and CheeriosA Chapter by theladygracelingHe walks around the kitchenswinging open cabinetsand shutting everything with a bang.He's too loud,too fast,and too rough.He saysand pretendsthat he's.. |
Ch. 14 Mom v. BroA Chapter by theladygracelingHome is the last place I want to beso I stay with Willin his house.I text my brotherinstead of my mom.My mom has been actingextra mom-like.She coddles.. |
Ch. 15 About JohnnyA Chapter by theladygracelingWe're twins,me and Johnny.But we don't look alike at alland he's two minutes olderand never lets me forget it.We're closer than mostsiblings I knowbec.. |
Ch. 16 Green SeasA Chapter by theladygracelingWill's room is green.Green walls.Green curtains.Green bed sheets.Green armchairs.Green lamps.And a fuzzy green carpetin front of the closet.Sometimes .. |
Ch. 17 There's Something About WillA Chapter by theladygracelingI met Willwhen we were both eight years old,and he was missing his two front teeth,and I was taller than him,and his shoes still had Velcro,and I stil.. |
Ch. 18 Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, CatA Chapter by theladygracelingWill walks me homeeven though I live right next door.He says it's for mebut I knowhejust wantsto play video gameswith my brother.He raids my fridge,li.. |
Ch. 19 Heaven's LightsA Chapter by theladygracelingIt's too hardfor me to followwhat's happening in the game,so I stare blanklyat the screen,commenting now and thento make it seem likeI'm actually payi.. |
Ch. 20 HazyA Chapter by theladygracelingBright, fluorescent lightsblinded me.They glowed on the ceiling,blindingly bright.A hospital roomcame into focusaround me.I heard people somewhere,sca.. |
Ch. 21 Strange ComfortA Chapter by theladygracelingI open my eyes.I'm on the floor.I'm wedged between the bedand the bean bags Will and Johnnyare sitting in.Their faces are scared.Their voices are fran.. |
Ch. 22 A Latte For You, A Latte For MeA Chapter by theladygracelingWhen I wake upI'm lying on a black bean bagwith Bitsy curled up against my side,Johnny in a matching bean bag next to me,and Will nowhere in sight.Joh.. |