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She wouldn’t believe it And neither would I, if our positions were reversed She ht be my adoptive mother, but I’d always been a realist and a skeptic just like her

I wish I could say I had a great plan toturn out okay I didn’t And after another restless night when I doubted if I got ain Happy Friday

My thoughts weren’t clogged only withabout Bishop

It was torture thinking about hi about what happened And the look on his face when he learned he was really fallen He io back to Heaven--even if it was a iven up so much to lead this mission There had to be a way

The homeless man was fallen, too Thatthat could be Bishop’s future--full-tied breath and tried not to break down in the school hallways

I didn’t want Bishop to be hurt I wanted hiet better, not worse

He was so brave He’d volunteered to lead a mission to help save the city from destruction--to helpuniverse And now he o crazier by the day

It was so desperately unfair

I wanted to help hio away, but Kraven didn’t want ain But Bishop needed me--despite what had happened between us

I needed to find hiain I needed to be close to him, to hold him…to kiss him…

Damn it, Samantha, don’t think about that I rubbed my forehead so hard it felt raw

But that kiss--it wasn’t just a kiss It was a free saiven to an addict I desperately needed more I needed him I wanted him Now Toht felt like a sharp golden dagger slowly slicing deep intoshoes squeaked on the linoleuh the busy halls towardfelt heavy on h I hadn’t taken any books home this week Hadn’t done any ho on my mind

I twirled the lock on my locker to open it up and stared inside I couldn’t do this Why was I even here today?

To keep an eye on Carly

I peeked past the edge of ht for uilty, but, no, she didn’t In fact, she looked extreht like to stick her hands into beehives, but she definitely felt the sting This wasn’t her Not really

"Hey" She greeted ?"

Hazardous question I was afraid to answer it with the truth Everybody had been lying to me, so I suppose it was only fair for ood You?"