Linger (chapters 19-24)

Sam still does not believe in his cure, He still winces when a blast of old air comes, and he still worries that he will change. That is one of Sam's problems I think. Him not believing that something good can actually happen to him and he can just be happy. Sam ends up with Cole again at the house. I still do not understand why they don't like each other. They barely no one another. That tension is still there but I think they both try to ignore it. "Beck picked him. I would not hate him. I would not" (154). Sam thinks this when he ask Cole about being wolf. He really had a lot respect for Beck to not second guess his decisions.

Cole is a different story. I don't think he respected anybody. Because if he did, then why does he so badly want to stay wolf. I actually think that is one of the factors of why Sam and Cole do not like each other. It is because they both want completely different things when it comes to being a wolf. Cole has a flashback and I found out that Cole was dating one of his band mate named Victor's sister and got her pregnant, but it turns out she would rather "go at it alone" so he just left. http://www.singleparentcenter.net/. I wonder if Victor will turn up again later on. Maybe he turned wolf too. And if he did are Victor and Cole still friends?

Grace and her mom have another talk about Sam and hers relationship. I do not really understand why the parents have such a problem with Sam. They don't even know him and they really have no right to just judge him like that. Maybe it is serious? The parents can't tell Grace how she feels, but i know Grace will fight her parents to be with Sam.

Sam goes to check on Cole again. And it turns out i was right about Victor. He did change with Cole. Sam walks in a finds Cole with Victor and apparently Victor cannot stay human or wolf. He keeps switching back and forth. Which makes me think that maybe it is not the cold that makes you shift, it is something else that your brain reacts to when it thinks it is cold. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain.

Sam has no idea what is going on with Victor. I think Cole feels guilty for this too because i guess he made Victor or at least talked Victor into becoming a wolf with him. Cole does not believe that it is the cold that makes you shift either. That is it something in the brain chemistry. Cole really bothers me actually. He just can't be nice or just be friendly. It always has to be about him. Maybe with the help of Isabel things can be different for him. I hope so. Otherwise he will be alone for good.

Grace goes into the woods and feels "at home." So the wolf gene must somehow being coming back, which also proves that it can't just be the cold that makes you turn but it is something in the brain chemistry. When Grace goes into the woods she meets with the wolves and just sits with them, and they can somehow know that she is not quite human either. They sit down with her too. It really is starting to worry me because i will just feel so bad for Sam who tried so hard to be human wit Grace. Grace quotes."Just under my skin, something stretched and strained. My body felt like a battleground for an invisible war...I wondered how much time I had" (186).

So far, this book has been pretty busy. So much stuff is happening and I have no idea what will happen at the end. I can only guess, and I hope my guess of Grace becoming wolf is wrong.