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He doesn’t whine He just giveshiether

He turns and walks up the path with et to a sives me a look

I hate it here

I wanna be alone and never see any of these people again

Anna loops an aro to the big fire" She gives the glaring lady a hoes her She whispers a bunch of things to hiry look She laughs in a high-pitched and nearly-silent chuckle

"Why do I get the impression these people all hate you still?"

I look back at Bernie who’s caught up with us, "‘Cause they do"

He looks confused, "You are the last person I could ever be prevailed upon to hate"

I shake ivesfire It’s a huge bonfire again, like last tiht isn’t as cool, so the heat feels h He senses the discoh his fur and hope he can calm down I’d hate for him to eat someone out of nervous behavior

Bernie sits beside me and Anna sits next to him, damn near on him

He moves over, closer to me

I lean in and whisper, "I trust you, Bernie Don’t make me not trust you I won’t interfere with you and Anna, and I won’t let the boys either Just don’t be creepy, please"

He gives me a sheepish look, "She kissed "

I nod, "She’s crazy like that"

Anna shoots us a look and whispers savagely, "I like you, Bernie I like you, Em Don’t make me hurt either of you"

Bernie ss hard but Anna takes his hand and cradles it in her lap

The world is full of perverts and bad people; Bernie is not one of theives me a look I actually feel like he’s the one about to be victih and lean in to whisper, "If you like her, I suggest you get comfortable with her She’s nuttier than squirrel poo and you don’t stand ot a deadly shot and uncanny instincts"

He laughs, "Why do I feel like the worin, like telling hiht it up like fireflies, I see hiuitar and sits in the same spot as last time, on the opposite side of the fire I can’t see hiirl and hi last time

Leo starts to mellow out and lies at my feet Bernie aze is locked and uitar The girl he sings with sounds sweet compared to him

Jake walks up and sits down by Will When he sits I no longer see hiuitar passed over and hear when it starts to be played with Will’s

The h If we never have anything but this as an extra, surviving the struggles and the hunger and the filth and fear, I wouldn’t care The oing into my heart I feel fuller

Anna nuzzles into Bernie and I see thehts up the relationship going on between the than Bernie wants to adht, I see another set of eyes watching the in her eyes I can’t help but wonder if mine look the same

Neither one of us fits in, they just don’t know that about her yet I want to hate her, for the worst and most petty reason in the world, and yet I can’t I feel sorry for her in the way I want to feel sorry for myself

We weren’t born to be like these people We’ll always sit outside the circle

The song ends and they start to sing the one I re about The one with the Heys and Hos by their dad’s favorite band The song sounds a Will’s voice is sexy on its own, but co fire, I have the strangest sensation inside of me I don’t even knohere it is exactly It’s like it s My heart skips beats and speeds up My stomach is in a knot, like the infected have surrounded us and I don’t have anywhere to run I feel a sickening loss of control