Science of seduction

Shane Hollander runs like a guy who runs to cross train

Scott Hunter runs like a bat out of hell being chased by a ravenous hoard of his own personal demons

"This is ridiculous!" Harry exclaims as he shifts uncomfortably on the wooden chair of the tea shop in Hogsmeade, looking at the door as if he were to bolt if Draco turned his back on him.

"I lost a bet, Potter... Deal with it, " Draco says as he can almost hear Blaise and Pansy laughing at him from the Slytherin common room.

"You're telling me you don't have twenty galleons to pay? Your father is bloody rich!"

"He'll kill me if he finds out I made a bet with his money, so a tea... appointment thingy is in order," Draco says bitterly.

"Fine! You know the whole school will think we're dating, right?" Harry asked while lifting one eyebrow at him.

"I'll hex them if they speak a single word about this. Now... do you like lemon biscuits? I heard they're really good, " Draco says while his long pale fingers fidget with a paper napkin. He is blushing, and so is Potter.

"Sure. Let's get this over with, " Harry says quietly.

I downloaded the PDF to my hard drive and I open it again whenever I'm feeling too suicidal to do much else, but not enough to start booking a ride to the hospital. And every time without fail I only go up to a few pages before backing off and choosing to live another day just because suicide suddenly seems even more unbearable than whatever the hell upset me in the first place.

All the book really does is [I'm pulling a summary from GoodReads here as, again, I've read no more than 5 pages] "discusses the social aspects of suicide, the right to die, anger, loneliness, depression, stress, hopelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, the consequences of a suicide attempt, and how to get help."

But it also starts with the author kindly asking the reader to complete the book before going through with anything, and for some reason I'm compelled to really just try to read it all before finalizing everything. Despite not yet completing it (hopefully never will) I think I can safely say it's saved my life at least a few times now.