Well, there's this girl who wants to be a trapeze artist, so she runs away to BOTH Luna Parks...
You should totally sign him up for "Read To Rufus" at the library.
Yeah, I think I will. What's your book about?
You should totally write this novella with me, Ben.
Mom?
She can't be alive, she's so cold. What am I going to do now?
Hey, Champ.
Hi, Aunt Jeanie.
Hi, Sweetie.
You could have killed him! Freaking idiot!
Stupid dog!
KICK
*whimper*
Ben, you can't go back to that house. Children's services won't allow it. They're running background checks on Michael and me, and in a few hours we'll know if we're going to get the preliminary okay to be foster caregivers. You're safe here; you're safe with us. You're not trapped here either, if you decide you don't want to stay...
I want to stay.
Ben?
I totally freaking love you.
I can't believe we just kissed.
Halley?
Me freaking too.
I woke the next morning to Flip's barking and Halley's screaming. Mrs. Lorentz rode with her in the ambulance. By the time Mercurious and I got to the hospital a few minutes after the ambulance, she was on the operating table. She never made it out of the surgery.
I look out and see forever. Yes, Halley's with me. All I have to do is close my eyes and think of her.