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"It was your word"

"You assu"

"But that is what you meant, isn’t it?"

She scowled "I’ht her own chips, though it was clear the price was dear to her and nothing to Gansey Adam was proud of her

After the first day, too, Noah came with the well Noah was a good bellwether for people He was so shy and aard and invisible that he could be easily ignored or made fun of Blue was not only kind to hih, this relieved Adaely his doing He now so rarely made decisions without Gansey or Ronan or Noah that he doubted his judgment when he acted alone

The days slid easily by with the five of thee pool and the drea, We need more information

Adam told Blue, "I think he’s afraid of it"

He kneas The ever-pervasive vision he’d had in the tree kept creeping into his thoughts Gansey dead, dying, because of hi at Adam, shocked Ronan, crouched beside Gansey, his face , Are you happy now, Adam? Is this what you wanted?

Was it a dream? Was it a prophecy?

Gansey told Adam, "I don’t knohat it is"

Historically, this phrase had been a very good way of losing Ada to not knowing so was to immediately folloith the words but I’ll find out Adaive people ive himself But Gansey never let him down They’d find out what it was Only -- Adam wasn’t sure, this time, that he wanted to know

By the end of the second week, the boys had settled into a routine of waiting for Blue at the end of the school day, then setting off into whateverday that felt ray

While they waited, Ronan decided to finally take up the task of teaching Adam how to drive a stick shift For severalwell, as the BMW had an easy clutch, Ronan was brief and to the point with his instruction, and Adaet in the way

Fro, Gansey and Noah huddled and watched as Ada lot Every so often their hoots were audible through the open s of the BMW

Then -- it had to happen eventually -- Adanificent beast, as far as stalls went, with lots of noise and death spasan to swear at Ada every forbidden word possible, often in compound-word form As Adam stared at his lap, penitent, heprecision to the way he fit the words together, a black-painted poetry It was far less hateful sounding than when he didn’t swear

Ronan finished with, "For the love of … Parrish, take some care, this is not your mother’s 1971 Honda Civic"

Ada the Civic until ’73"

There was a flash of fangs froer seat, but before Ronan truly had time to strike, they both heard Gansey call war Adam in the ways of manual transmissions"

Blue, her hair pulled every which way by the wind, stuck her head in the driver’s sideThe scent of wildflowers accoued the scent in the htly, "Looks like it’s going well Is that what that s, Ronan climbed out of the car and slammed the door

Noah appeared beside Blue He looked joyful and adoring, like a Labrador retriever Noah had decided al for Blue, a fact that would’ve needled Adam if it had been anyone other than Noah

Blue per Ada far different co theatrical about it, flipping open his journal, checking his watch, waiting for soh the car , Adam asked, "Where today?"

Gansey swept up a backpack froround "The wood"

Blue and Adarandly, striding past the"

Blue jumped back as Adam scrambled from the driver’s seat of the BMW She hissed to hi"

"We have to be back in three hours," Ronan said "I just fed Chainsaw but she’ll need it again"

"This," Gansey replied, "is precisely why I didn’t want to have a baby with you"