Havoc at Prescott High (The Havoc Boys, #1)

by C.M. Stunich

“When you’ve been lied to by everyone around you, when you have nothing else, you realize the one currency you can carry is truth. So a single word does have meaning. A promise does hold importance. And a pact is worth carrying to the grave.”

1. the stepdad 2. the best friend 3. the social worker 4. the ex-boyfriend 5. the principal 6. the foster brother 7. the mom

Token friendships between poor girls. Both of us wanting so desperately for more, our screams drowned out by the wicked silence of the world. Nobody listens when bad girls cry.

“When you’ve been lied to by everyone around you, when you have nothing else, you realize the one currency you can carry is truth.”

Confucius says dig two graves before embarking on a journey of revenge. But what if that revenge is the only thing keeping you alive? And what if the people you're seeking revenge on deserve it? If Batman had just killed the Joker from the get-go, how many more people would still be alive? Sometimes the bad guys have to die, so if I have to dig two graves, so be it. Better than digging three. I title the poem Heather

Why? Why me? All I ever wanted was to be one of them. All I ever wanted was to belong.

For the first time in almost two years, I cry. And it feels fucking great.

“Sometimes pain is pretty, to the people who have too much of it,”

Kissing him is doing all sorts of strange things to me, like I knew I should have never done this in the first place. Kissing someone opens up your soul to theirs, lets you taste their essence in a way that just doesn't come across with sex.

“It's like you both hate and love dance at the same time, like it's the air you breathe but also the poison that’s slowly killing you.”

“When you’ve been lied to by everyone around you, when you have nothing else, you realize the one currency you can carry is truth. So a single word does have meaning. A promise does hold importance. And a pact is worth carrying to the grave.”