When I Write I Pretend

Angel Screeched With Fury And Despair To The Empty Walls Around Her. "i'm Human, Do You Hear Me? It Hurts!

In This Family, We Always Celebrate Each Other's Birthdays. I Don't Care If You're Four Or Fourteen Or Forty And Scattered Around The World. We Gotta Stick By Each Other, Okay? And Meals- As Long As You Live Under The Same Roof, You Have At Least One Meal A Day Together. I Don't Care If It's A Dreaded Hot Dog In Front Of The Dastardly Tv As Long As You're All There. -maeve Bennett

As A Maternal Figure, I Always Try To Keep The Flock Safe, Of Course. But I Admit, It Did My Heart Proud To See The Instant Blood-lust Pop Into Gazzy’s Blue Eyes And To See Little Angel Automatically Tense Up And Get Into Fighting Stance, Ready To Rip Someone’s Head Off. They Were Just So — So Dang Adorable, Sometimes.

I Had A Question. "why Does The Name Pearl Harbor Sound So Familiar?" The Lieutenant Colonel's Eyes Narrowed. "pearl Harbor Is The Most Famous U.s. Military Base In The World," He Said Crisply. "it's The Only Place On U.s. Soil That Has Been Attacked In A Wars, Since The Revolutionary War." None Of This Was Ringing A Bell, But You Already Know I'm Totally Uneducated. Gazzy Leaned Over To Whisper, "it Was A Movie With Ben Affleck." Ah. Now I Remembered.

When Your Own Romantic Life Is Falling Apart, Everyone Else's Looks Fabulous.