Lucky Seven Meme

I've been tagged in the Lucky 7 Meme by my lovely agent sister Kathy Bradey and my awesome writer friend Katy Upperman!
 
The Lucky 7 Meme Rules
■Go to page 77 of your current MS/WIP
■Go to line 7
■Copy down the next 7 lines–sentences or paragraphs–and post them as they’re written. No cheating.
■Tag 7 authors
■Let them know

I'm revising/rewriting my YA WIP, so it's not in a place where I feel comfortable sharing, even a snippet. Instead, here are 7 lines from the first MS I ever wrote, Fumped. In this scene, my protagonist and her ex-best friend are learning how to use torches in an art class.

Up until then, we’d just used little hand-held map gas torches whenever we needed to heat any of the metals up. But for some projects, like when you have to use molten metal in a centrifuge, you need more power than a map gas can provide. I definitely needed to pay close attention to instructions for the oxy-acetylenes so I didn’t wind up singing off my eyebrows at a later date. Focus, Jocelyn, focus.

“Holy crap, Button. I am so freaking freaked out!” Alex reached over and clutched my arm as Mr. O’Neill used the striker to start the flame. It glowed blue-hot and liquefied some scrap silver in minutes. “I don’t even like lighting matches after Zack farts!” she continued as she dug her nails into my forearm.

 

My favorite beta reader's comment on a page
of this MS. (My favorite beta is my mom.)

 
Well, there you go. Seven random lines and I still managed to hit a reference to farting. I'm not really sure what that says about my work. :)

Have you posted for the meme? Leave a link to your snippet below! If not, consider yourself tagged!

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