Sometimes I feel like if you just watch things, just sit still and let the world exist in front of you - sometimes I swear that just for a second time freezes and the world pauses in its tilt. Just for a second. And if you somehow found a way to live in that second, then you would live forever.
Lauren Oliver
I’m Hana, Hana says. And this is Lena. She jabs me with an elbow. I
know I must look like a fish, standing there with my mouth gaping open, but I’m
too outraged to speak. He’s lying. I know he’s the one I saw yesterday, would bet
my life on it.
Alex. Nice to meet you. Alex keeps his eyes on me as he and Hana shake
hands. Then he extends a hand to me. Lena, he says thoughtfully. I’ve never
heard that name before.