gray waves gently lapped over one another , and unlike the river in the living world , this one was vast and wide , stretching for miles beneath a red-lit sky . the darkness of the world and the fog that floated across the water hid the horizon across the way . '' how ... how do we get across ? '' he was desperately hoping she would n't utter the word ''
swim

not in a bad ' eww ' way , but maybe she was looking at me like i was looking at her . i 'd had a good lunch with alicia . i was n't over lauren , and j had a boyfriend . even though i did n't like the jerk , he was still hers . and i should n't have been looking at her like that . i bit my lip and looked away as quickly as i could , because frankly , it was
embarrassing

i consoled myself by thinking that bex is my best friend , and she is good at everything , or so i thought until she pulled out onto the highway on the wrong side of the road ! now all this might have been funny except there 's a hill there-did i mention that ? a great big ca n't - see-the-semi-until-it 's - about-to-hit-you-head-on
hill