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I can talk to fish!" Angel said happily, water dripping off her long, skinny body. "Ask one over for dinner," Fang said, joining us.

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Angel raised her hand. "Excuse me. What does LTC stand for?" She blinked innocently. "Loving Tender Care?"Gazzy suggested.If our instructor had had lasers for eyes, he would have sliced Gazzy in half. "Lieutenant colonel," he sputtered.

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I hung my head, and I felt someone, Fang, gather me gently to him. My cheek rested on his shoulder, and my silent tears soaked his torn shirt.He felt warm and strong and heartbreakingly familiar. And at that moment, not a single thing in my life was certain, strong, or whole. Nothing. Least of all Fang.

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Angel is right,"said Dr. G-H quickly. "This is my clumsy way of demonstrating." "Demonstrating what?" I was barely able to keep a snarl out of my voice. "How to get yourself beat up in one easy step?

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I don't know about the rest of you who have little voices, but something about mine made me feel completely compelled to listen to it.

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Fang and I searched in every way we could think of and found a million institutes of one kind or another, in Manhattan and throughout New York state, but none of them seemed promising. My favorite? The Institute for Realizing Your Pet's Inner Potential. Anyone who can explain that to me, drop a line.

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Your mind creates your reality. If you expect nothing, you open up the universe to give you options. If you expect the worst, you usually get it.

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That'd be just what I need: a rash of car thefts across America, committed by dedicated readers.

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We're famous" iggy whispered so low that Fang could barely hear him. "So's Swine Flu" Fang whispered back.

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My choices were to either give in and let them kill all of us or fight back with everything I had. I chose the second one, 'cause I'm just funny that way.

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Tears were dripping onto my dress, but I wasn't making any sound. There was no sound to express thid kind of pain. I didn't want to move, didn't want to do anything. Fang was not waiting for me out in the living room. Tomorrow morning, when I woke up, Fang would still be gone.

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I've been listening to how the Roman Empire fell and all I can say is, it didn't fall nearly fast enough! -Iggy

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A vet! I started laughing weakly and had to sit on the edge of the tub. A vet. Wait till they found out how appropriate that was.

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Max? said the Gasman. Are those, um, rats? Lovely. Yes, those do appear to be either rats or mice on steroids, I said briskly, trying not to shriek and climb the walls like a girly-girl.

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Congratulations. The fact that you're reading this means you've taken one giant step closer to surviving until your next birthday.

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Um, there's a girl meeting her friend,' he went on. 'Her friend is giving her an ice-cream cone. Oh-it's dripping. Huh. It, uh, dripped on her...chest.' Iggy drew in a hissing breath. It's gonna stain for sure,' the Gasman said. 'That's chocolate.' Hmm,' Fang said, watching, the girl dab at her chest with a paper napkin.

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Not saving you from this storm, mutant, he said. Saving you for your later fate, we are. His voice was weirdly inflected and metallic, like an automated answering machine. Oh, good. Yoda captured us, Fang whispered.

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Why was the blind guy playing with matches, you ask? Because he's good at it. Anything to do with fire, igniting things, exploding things, things with fuses, wicks, accelerants... Iggy's your man. It's one of those good/bad things.

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I hate this guy, Ari muttered, keeping his head down There's a club, I told him. The Haters of ter Borcht Club. Have you gotten your badge yet?

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Like a good song, life has verses, the goliards had taught me. Each verse has to be sung. It takes all of them to make a song. It is the entire chanson you name, but when you think of it, when you smile, it is a favorite verse that delights your ears.

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Now, Max, I think we both know your parents aren't missionaries." I opened my eyes wide. "No? Well, for God's sake, don't tell them. They'd be crushed. Thinking they're doing the Lord's work and all.

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Hi, Max," she said, pushing her shades up onto her curls. "I hope your wearing sunscreen," i said, your gonna have hella wrinkles by the time your ten. Want some daiquiri? she offered, pointing at a blender. Is it traitor flavored? I asked.

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I love you. I love your smile, your snarl, your grin, your face when you're sleeping.

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You could have gotten a car with GPS," Total said helpfully. Yes," I said "Or we could have brought along a dog that doesn't talk." I gave Angel a pointed look, and she smiled, well, angelically, at me. Total huffed, offended at me and climbed into her lap...

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Iggy. This is not a democracy," I said,(...)"It's a Maxocracy.

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We went back to the weird Institute building. At night there was a lot more activity. Erasers coming in non-stop. Nice cars, nice clothes, nice smug faces (that I wanted to smash!). -Fang's Blog

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Save your world. Love it. Protect it, and respect it and don't let haters represent it. Don't leave the saving to anyone else, ever, because, exhibit A - why, hello there - it's way too much for one person. And if you want to skip out on the responsibility train, my whole life - and death - will have been in vain. It's yours. It's all yours for taking! You're not going to waste it now, are you?

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This is my brain: O This is my brain after making out with Fang: * It's very sad.

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Advice: Don't wait until someone you have issues with — especially someone you're related to — gets shot before you work it out.

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He gives my hand a tight squeeze, but that desperation, that urgency between us is gone. No insecurities. Max and Fang. Fang and Max. No longer a question. We just are.

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