Holding
Back Tears
Ben
was standing in silence as he looked down at Jimmy's freshly dug
grave. He clenched his fists and dug his short nails into the rough
skin of his palm until it drew blood. The grimy teenager wanted to
yell or scream or cry or kill something. Killing something definitely
sounded good to the grieving teen. Ben felt like anything that would
distract him from his guilt and pain would be better than staring at
the place where his friend was buried.
Jimmy
wasn't supposed to be six feet under right now! If Ben hadn't taken
him along on his Skitter hunts, he would still be alive. If they'd
never been teamed up or if