Extras, Page 1

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Here you go:

And thus ends page one. That’s actually the first page as it appears in the sample booklets handed out at BEA. (It’s more or less the final text, but a couple of words will be different, because there’s always these editors around editing.)

Oh, by the way, I now have several dozen of these samplers:

That’s them sitting on my chair. So many of them! What shall I do with them all? Maybe this . . .

Between now and October 2 the FIRST COMMENTER of each post, including this one, will get a copy of the sampler sent to them! Autographed! By me! To them!

Here are some tips:

1) Make sure that you’ve filled out your email address in the comment log-in box, so I know who you really are.

2) You don’t have to post your address in the comment itself. Just in the log-in thingie.

3) DON’T put your snail mail address anywhere online! I’ll email you and get that.

4) One per person! If you’ve already won on a previous post, be nice and let others conquer.

Remember, this applies to the first commenter only on every post between now and October 2.

Let the commenting begin . . .

372 thoughts on “Extras, Page 1”

  15. darn it i created and sn and everything, but yeah you have to download the whole program and if this isn’t “approved” by the parental units i’m gonna be in trouble!

  19. my parents are completely anti-aim…but i’ll try…i already made that whole ‘my page’ thing private.

  44. The fire was crackling and sparks flew into the dark sky. The timing was perfect, he rolled over to grab his knapsack and pulled out the plastic bag filled with fluffy, sticky white cylinders. Caydn looked at the bag in curiosity, “What are those things?”
    “Well there food, like a sweet and gooey dessert,” he knew this would be a surprise.
    “But there not dehydrated like a dessert and they don’t look like anything I’ve ever had.”
    “They’re called marshmallows, you cook them in the fire until they swell up and then you eat them.” Troy then grabbed the stick he had found while searching for wood and speared a marshmallow on its tip. Rotating in the fire it swelled to twice its size. Caydn squealed in surprise as it burst into flames. Drawing the flame close to his lips he blew it out and pulled the warm marshmallow off the stick offering it to Caydn. Slowly she grabbed the marshmallow and glanced back at him a smile spreading across her face before she took a bite.
    “This is sooo good!” Caydn laughed as she bit and sucked the sticky goo from her fingers. She looked so beautiful as the firelight danced across her face making her look joyful and alive. Long gone were the nights of crying she did when they first met by the river. They were so in tuned to one another now and he loved it… and her. Caydn looked at him eyes glowing with an intensity that took his breath away and he moved closer, his arm touching hers, he sensed her flinch and look down at the touching arms and he felt her hand slowly clasp around his. He looked at her as she laid her head on his shoulder a sigh leaving her soft pink lips. Troy longed to finally kiss her to say they were together and that nothing could stop them from being apart but she always was so hesitant. She looked up at him worried, “What’s wrong?” Troy reorganized his face into a smile, “nothing at all,” he leaned in and kissed her lightly on the lips as time froze and he was swept away into happiness but it ended all to soon as she pulled away.
    He looked at her shock written into his face. Caydn stood up looking at her shoes “I’m sorry… I thought I… I didn’t mean to…” tears were falling from her face onto the worn out shoes and leaves that littered the forest floor. Suddenly she tore off into the woods running, her shadow fading from view. Troy pulled himself together and ran after her “Caydn, wait!” He found her ten minutes later crying into her hands her body shaking violently. “Caydn!” She looked up surprised at him the misery etched into her face. “Caydn, I’m sorry I didn’t mean to hurt you,”
    “You shouldn’t be sorry Troy you really shouldn’t be I should be for doing this to you.”
    “Caydn what do you mean? If you don’t like me… I can understand, I’m not the kind of guy girls usually want to be with,” He looked down at his lanky body and grimaced
    “I like you Troy, I really do, I think I love you its just that I… I can’t… I thought I could…” she looked at her knees
    “What are you talking about Caydn, I don’t understand what you’re trying to say, you love me but you can’t be with me?”
    “Troy,” she sounded as if she was pleading for him to understand
    “Then what is it?”
    “It’s Bane.”
    “Who?”
    “Bane is my boyfriend or he was at least…” Her face faltered and she began crying again.
    “I… I didn’t know but are you with him or not… I need to know.” She looked at him tears running like rivers down her cheeks and pity flooded his system, somewhere deep inside he knew the answer and he didn’t want to hear it. He had pushed this on her, he had kissed her, he didn’t even think to question her, he did this to her. “Never mind Caydn I shouldn’t have said that, it was wrong…”
    “No, it wasn’t I should have told you earlier, this has tormented me since I first started to like you and I knew something would happen. Bane is my past; I have no chose but to except it … because he can’t come back.” Caydn couldn’t control herself she was shaking so much and the tears wouldn’t stop. Troy sat down beside her and wrapped his arms around her into a secured hug. She tried to say something else but her words were choked by her sobs.
    “You don’t have to tell me now Caydn,” Troy was attempting to calm her, how could this night get any worse.
    “No, I have to tell you now you need to know,” her voice seemed strong again but you could hear the shakiness within it “ Before the destruction of the Spring a group of men went to protect the city… few came back…I think Bane was… I think he was killed…” her voice wavered and fell silent. Troy hugged her tighter and sat there with her letting it all sink in. Anger rose in his body as he once again realized that he had put her through this and that it must have torn her apart inside to be asked to do this so soon after her loved one’s death, he was sick of himself. They just sat there under that tree until Caydn’s crying stopped and was replaced by soft breathing. She had fallen asleep. As carefully as he could Troy lifted her up and carried her to their site and laid her on his sleeping bag near the fire. Bringing the fire to a warm and steady heat he sat up against a tree and watched her sleep soundly the firelight dancing across her face once more. He closed his eyes and drifted off into sleep as well.

    Troy awoke the next morning with a stiff neck and a groggy head. Caydn was sitting up on the sleeping bag looking at him. He couldn’t tell what she was thinking her face was blank. Shaking his head and rubbing his eyes didn’t help she was still staring at him. He was about to open his mouth to say something but she stood up and walked away towards the river. Baffled by her manner he followed her running to catch up. Caydn was sitting by the river’s edge twirling a blade of grass between her fingers. Troy sat down beside her about to say something to her when she spoke, “ Do you think I was being stupid about last night… how I reacted?” Troy was tentative in answering not wanting to say the wrong thing but she took the silence as an answer “I was wasn’t I, I shouldn’t have acted that way.”
    Choosing his words carefully he spoke slowly thinking before he spoke hoping it didn’t sound to clichéd “Caydn you loved him and that doesn’t mean your stupid that means you’re a real person and that you cared for someone deeply. Any man would be lucky to have a woman as compassionate as you.” She looked at him her eyes brimming with tears, he must have said something wrong “I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to upset you… please don’t cry… I’m sorry.” He was stuttering barely able to say what he meant. She leaned in closer tears trickling down her face as their lips met. Her hand brushed his cheek and it sent his nerves into a tingling dance. Unlike last night this kiss was passionate, it meant something.
    They pulled apart and Caydn spoke softly “ Troy, last night you made me realize that you’re the one I want to be with. I don’t want to be sad or miserable I want to be happy I want you.” Troy couldn’t believe his ears as Caydn told her that she loved him not Bane but would that change if he really were alive. She leaned in to kiss him again her lips brushing his cheek sweeping onto his lips. Pushing aside that thought Troy enjoyed the moment as he held her tight not wanting to let her go.
    “This is sooo good!” Caydn laughed as she bit and sucked the sticky goo from her fingers. She looked so beautiful as the firelight danced across her face making her look joyful and alive. Long gone were the nights of crying she did when they first met by the river. They were so in tuned to one another now and he loved it… and her. Caydn looked at him eyes glowing with an intensity that took his breath away and he moved closer, his arm touching hers, he sensed her flinch and look down at the touching arms and he felt her hand slowly clasp around his. He looked at her as she laid her head on his shoulder a sigh leaving her soft pink lips. Troy longed to finally kiss her to say they were together and that nothing could stop them from being apart but she always was so hesitant. She looked up at him worried, “What’s wrong?” Troy reorganized his face into a smile, “nothing at all,” he leaned in and kissed her lightly on the lips as time froze and he was swept away into happiness but it ended all to soon as she pulled away.
    He looked at her shock written into his face. Caydn stood up looking at her shoes “I’m sorry… I thought I… I didn’t mean to…” tears were falling from her face onto the worn out shoes and leaves that littered the forest floor. Suddenly she tore off into the woods running, her shadow fading from view. Troy pulled himself together and ran after her “Caydn, wait!” He found her ten minutes later crying into her hands her body shaking violently. “Caydn!” She looked up surprised at him the misery etched into her face. “Caydn, I’m sorry I didn’t mean to hurt you,”
    “You shouldn’t be sorry Troy you really shouldn’t be I should be for doing this to you.”
    “Caydn what do you mean? If you don’t like me… I can understand, I’m not the kind of guy girls usually want to be with,” He looked down at his lanky body and grimaced
    “I like you Troy, I really do, I think I love you its just that I… I can’t… I thought I could…” she looked at her knees
    “What are you talking about Caydn, I don’t understand what you’re trying to say, you love me but you can’t be with me?”
    “Troy,” she sounded as if she was pleading for him to understand
    “Then what is it?”
    “It’s Bane.”
    “Who?”
    “Bane is my boyfriend or he was at least…” Her face faltered and she began crying again.
    “I… I didn’t know but are you with him or not… I need to know.” She looked at him tears running like rivers down her cheeks and pity flooded his system, somewhere deep inside he knew the answer and he didn’t want to hear it. He had pushed this on her, he had kissed her, he didn’t even think to question her, he did this to her. “Never mind Caydn I shouldn’t have said that, it was wrong…”
    “No, it wasn’t I should have told you earlier, this has tormented me since I first started to like you and I knew something would happen. Bane is my past; I have no chose but to except it … because he can’t come back.” Caydn couldn’t control herself she was shaking so much and the tears wouldn’t stop. Troy sat down beside her and wrapped his arms around her into a secured hug. She tried to say something else but her words were choked by her sobs.
    “You don’t have to tell me now Caydn,” Troy was attempting to calm her, how could this night get any worse.
    “No, I have to tell you now you need to know,” her voice seemed strong again but you could hear the shakiness within it “ Before the destruction of the Spring a group of men went to protect the city… few came back…I think Bane was… I think he was killed…” her voice wavered and fell silent. Troy hugged her tighter and sat there with her letting it all sink in. Anger rose in his body as he once again realized that he had put her through this and that it must have torn her apart inside to be asked to do this so soon after her loved one’s death, he was sick of himself. They just sat there under that tree until Caydn’s crying stopped and was replaced by soft breathing. She had fallen asleep. As carefully as he could Troy lifted her up and carried her to their site and laid her on his sleeping bag near the fire. Bringing the fire to a warm and steady heat he sat up against a tree and watched her sleep soundly the firelight dancing across her face once more. He closed his eyes and drifted off into sleep as well.

    Troy awoke the next morning with a stiff neck and a groggy head. Caydn was sitting up on the sleeping bag looking at him. He couldn’t tell what she was thinking her face was blank. Shaking his head and rubbing his eyes didn’t help she was still staring at him. He was about to open his mouth to say something but she stood up and walked away towards the river. Baffled by her manner he followed her running to catch up. Caydn was sitting by the river’s edge twirling a blade of grass between her fingers. Troy sat down beside her about to say something to her when she spoke, “ Do you think I was being stupid about last night… how I reacted?” Troy was tentative in answering not wanting to say the wrong thing but she took the silence as an answer “I was wasn’t I, I shouldn’t have acted that way.”
    Choosing his words carefully he spoke slowly thinking before he spoke hoping it didn’t sound to clichéd “Caydn you loved him and that doesn’t mean your stupid that means you’re a real person and that you cared for someone deeply. Any man would be lucky to have a woman as compassionate as you.” She looked at him her eyes brimming with tears, he must have said something wrong “I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to upset you… please don’t cry… I’m sorry.” He was stuttering barely able to say what he meant. She leaned in closer tears trickling down her face as their lips met. Her hand brushed his cheek and it sent his nerves into a tingling dance. Unlike last night this kiss was passionate, it meant something.
    They pulled apart and Caydn spoke softly “ Troy, last night you made me realize that you’re the one I want to be with. I don’t want to be sad or miserable I want to be happy I want you.” Troy couldn’t believe his ears as Caydn told her that she loved him not Bane but would that change if he really were alive. She leaned in to kiss him again her lips brushing his cheek sweeping onto his lips. Pushing aside that thought Troy enjoyed the moment as he held her tight not wanting to let her go.

  47. Scott, your novels are like no other person’s I’ve ever read. You really are a novelist genius. I absolutly LOVED Peeps! I also liked your Uglies trilogy. I can’t wait until Extras comes out.

  48. omg i have loved this trilogy ever since i read the first page of uglies and knowing that it will keep going is amazing. i would abs. love it if i could have a sample book for extras and keep following scott’s books.

  49. Me and my friend absolutly love your books. I’m not much of a computer geek, so I had no idea this website was here or how to get to it. I do know I am a future novelist(hopefully), and I only wish my novels are half as good as yours. I’ll probably never make it as a novelist, but your book Peeps gave me a whole new perspective on writing. I just thought you should Know how truly great you are and that you changed my life. I’m not some creep, I just wanted to give you some more fan mail since you only have like a zillion already. YOUR THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!

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