“My face felt like my normal face, as if that part of me hadn’t transformed into a bird. [Fine, Sadie. Call me the Carter-headed chicken. Happy?]”
“After my bad experience as a kite, I simply refused to go about as a glowing Sadie-headed chicken. That’s fine for Carter, but I have standards.”
“I felt a smile on my face. "Thanks." "For what?" "Using my name instead of calling me a thing.”
“Carter leaned toward me and brushed the hair away from the side of my face. "Don't look down then," he whispered.”
“Maybe—just maybe—Sadie had my best interests at heart. (I just caught her making faces at me, so maybe not.)”
“The smile that spread across my face felt like sunshine warming me from the inside out”