The squad car rolls past them. Up ahead, the bus nears the stop. Connor, Risa, and Lev hurry across the street towards it- all part of the __, just incase the cops are watching.

The Bill of Life was supposed to protect the sanctity of human life. Instead it just made life cheap. Thankgoodness for the Storking Initiative, that wonderful law that allows girls like her a far better __.

If Risa had a piece of chewing gum, she would have popped a bubble somewhere in there to add more __.

This __ into a populated area is dangerous but neccessary. Perhaps as the morning goes on, they can find a library where they can download maps and find themselves a wilderness large enough to get lost in for good.

Connor seems a bit more relaxed and natural, playing the __ as best he can. The redness in his face receded until it's only his ears that are red.

Connor wonders if Lev will have some __ on the topic -afterall, when it comes to God, Lev claimed to have all the answers.

Lev's family was influentual. They were not to be ____ with. He felt certain that his face would be the biggest thing on the front page.

Lev stands halfway in and halfway out of the bus, keeping the front door from closing, a look of ___ desperation on his face.

Today, there's no class where he is expected, and if he's caught, the consequences are a little but more __ than Saturday school.

In a few moments the bell rings, and there's ___ in the hall. The bathroom door creaks open. Girls laughing, talking about everything and nothing.

If he does it right, all three of them will be safely on their way to their unwinding, as it ought to be. As it was ___ to be.

The organized lines of elementary school fire drills are gone, having been replaced by the ___ hormonal zigzags of kids whose bodies are too big for their own good.

This is so far from Lev's image of Pastor Dan, he can't believe it's the person he's known all these years. It's like an impostor has stolen the Pastor's voice, but none of his ___.

Most of the kids here are bigger than Lev. ___ Intemidating. This is how he always imagined high school - a dangerous place full of mystery and violent kids.

The smile never leaves Hayden's face. He reaches for the candle and pushes it out so that it sits between the three of them. Hayden looks into the flame for a moment, then slowly, ___ turns his eyes toward Mai.

Roland lumbers back to his corner, but Conor's sure he's monitoring the conversation now, probably __ that they're plotting against him.

She goes over to the old trunk that had covered the trap door. She opens the ___ and, although it must be heavy, heavs open the lid.

Her tone is intentionally ___, as if the question itself offended her.

At first, his words are angry, as he knew they would be. Yet by the third page, it __. It becomes about all the good things that happened in their lives together,