she was about to say something like thank you , when she realized that was hardly going to express how she felt , so she just flew with her impulse and wrapped her arms around jonas ' neck . it took jonas a few seconds to recover and hug her back . '' you 're starting to feel like an old friend , '' belinda said , releasing him . '' we 're having you over for dinner . no protesting . '' jonas nodded , not even considering the idea of
protesting

it was amanda 's turn next , so i forced my eyes from knox , trying to be a good group leader and listen as she spoke . '' i 've been struggling with a lot of change in my life lately , and i 'm not proud of it , but i slipped up last weekend . it 's been one week of celibacy now for me . '' i nodded and gave her a tender smile , and then my eyes swung back over to
knox

'' then get a part-time job . half of the kids at this school work anyway . '' '' yeah , well ... uh ... sounds great and all but that 's a higher gas bill for my car . '' marissa paused for a moment before continuing , '' cami , let 's be reasonable . you could pay fifty to one hundred bucks a week for babysitting and twenty bucks a week for
gas