italic_I’m going to die if he doesn’t come back.There was nothing else in my life that I loved. Wow, my life before Jake must have been horrible. He was the one who stepped in and made my life exciting. We did so many dangerous things that it was out of the question to think about it. I can’t even imagine what I’m going to do with all my spare time.But then again, Dad wasn’t exactly keen on what I had been doing with Jake. Maybe this was the time to please him._italic

“Hellooooooooooooooooooo? Earth to Liza!” I opened my eyes and Alix was closer to my face than I had expected. She was still waving her hand in front of my face. “Sorry Alix, my thoughts were elsewhere.” She seemed to find that funny. “Well it doesn’t help that Jake is gone, but now do you think you could go on that trip? It’s gonna be a trip of a life time!” I don’t my face looked like I really wanted to go because she tryed to convince me; “C’mon, it’ll be something to do this weekend!”
“Maybe,” I said.