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Chapter 8; Junior Year begins

If I thought that the last week went by fast, I was wrong because it seemed like the next two days went by faster. I tried to move as slow as possible in the mall with Mom. I wasn't slow enough because we got out of the mall in less than two hours (which is a new family record). I was even more surprised about how not only did it take us only two hours, but I left out of the mall with almost fifteen new outfits and the laptop I wanted.

Once we got home, it felt like nothin had changed. Like Amber was still there. I was hoping I could make the next day go by slowly. On Wednesday I would be in school. No exceptions. My wouldn't let me change the day. "Wednesday," she kept saying. "No exceptions." All day, I laid around hoping that my very few friends would forgive me for leaving them like I did. All I knew, was that I'd find out tomorrow.

When Wednesday finally came, I honestly wasn't ready. I dragged myself out of bed, and got dressed in one of the nicest outfits we bought. It was a blue, long sleeved, shirt with lace at the bottom. I had a pair of beige leggings to wear with it. I wore some old, gold flats and my hair was in a sloppy ponytail that actually looked really nice.

"Good Morning, sunshine," Mom greeted me as I came into the kitchen.

"Morning, Mom. What's for breakfast?

"Waffles and Bacon. I hope you're hungry." I was starved for some reason, so I sat down and started eating.

"I thought you might be sick of taking the bus, so...here. She handed me a set of keys. Car keys. Specifically, Dad's car keys. None of us had driven Dad's car since he went missing. In all honesty, I still didn't want to. But I figured, it's better than letting it sit in the garage.

"Mom...I...wow."

"Go ahead. I trust you."

"Mom, thank you! This really means a lot to me." I got up and kissed her on the head. Then I put my plate in the sink, grabbed the car keys, and left. When I finally got in the car, something felt weird. Like there was something in the car for me. I didn't look. I was afraid of finding something. So I started the engine and drove to school.

When I got to school, I went straight into Principle Walker's office to pick up my schedule. I didn't want any help or advice. All I wanted was my schedule, and tried to make that clear.

"Thank you, Principle Walker," I said getting up and grabbing my schedule.

"Well let me walk you to class. Maybe show you your locker." He got up as well, walking around his desk towards the door.

"No, it's really fine. I can find it. But thank you."

"No. I insist." I didn't want to argue, so I just smiled and walked out. The first bell just rang and I was late. He kept walking me to my locker. Locker 1015. It looked liked one of the newer lockers that everybody wanted. It was blue. I put in my combination, not saying anything. My combination was simple. 8-18-27. My locker opened with a creak. I put my coat and and a few extra books into it, then I shut it. Then Principle Walker showed me the way to class.

When he got to the door entrance, he looked at me, turned back around, and then knocked. After he knocked, he opened the door and walked inside with a big clown-like smile on his face.

"Good Morning, Ms. Pines. Class." The class responded to him in mumbles "This is our schools newest student, Taylor Heart. A few girls in the back looked at each other and smirked. He patted me on my shoulder and walked out of the room.

"Well, Taylor," Ms. Pines said. "You can sit in the back next to Rebecca. Or where Jenny is sitting. And Jenny will go back to her seat." I was assuming Jenny was the girl with blonde hair who rolled her eyes and got up. I moved to the back of the class and say by who I thought was Rebecca. She had brown, long hair and hazel eyes. I tried to avoid eye contact because she looked like one of those girls who could destroy your life in a heartbeat. In class, Ms. Pines continued to take attendance as I got situated. "Jasmine, Jordan, Becca."