it slid down his throat , cooling it before a warming spread in his chest . my science teacher has called me tick since the first day i met him . look , our only hope is to find dennis . from the door of the main room , going north . and she was pretty sure that she was headed towards the train station . but most of all , she wanted to love him . never once did i consider that i might be hand delivering the same brand of grief . he laughed , slapping his knee with one palm . 