This is a re-written and hopefully better version of an old book with the same title that I wrote back in 2020.
Beatrice Ellison is a 13 year old girl who is determined to find a place where she belongs. But in order to do that she needs to find out...
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I followed Nancy, Robin, Steve, Erica and Max inside and we all paused at the door.
"Holy shit." I muttered at the amount of people the store could hold.
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"So much for avoiding angry hicks."Robin commented as I nodded in agreement.
"Let's be..fast." Nancy suggested
"Yep." Robin agreed immediately
"Definitely." Erica said as we all immediately split up. I grabbed a basket and made my way towards the clothes because we'd all probably need something else to wear if we were gonna be monster hunting.
Skimming through the limited selection of black, camouflage, brown, and navy I was able to get a few thing for each of us. I also grabbed a few pairs of binoculars, compasses, and some first aid kits before I moved over to another section. I grabbed a few more things before I was stopped by Andy from the basketball team. Shit, Shit, Shit, shit, shit. I mentally prayed to every god I didn't believe in, begging for him to not recognize me. If he was here then so was Jason an I really didn't want to run into that asshole any time soon.
"Excuse me, if you could move please." I stated more than asked while awkwardly shifting under his gaze. He was looking at me the same way he'd been looking at me at Rick's place and yet he clearly didn't recognize me. It was sort of a blessing and a curse.
"You new in town, sweetheart? This isn't really a place for girls like you." He said gesturing to the store around us while looking me up an down. I felt myself tense the longer he looked at me, something about him just made me extremely uncomfortable. He looked at me the way Jocks in Lenora looked at me and those assholes made me sick. One second they wanted me to do their advanced trig homework the next second they're calling me a freak and bullying my siblings.
"I'm visiting friends for spring break." I muttered as my eyes darted around looking for Steve. I hated the way this guy was looking at me, it made my skin crawl.
"Hmm, so what are you doing in a store like this? Maybe I could show you a thing or two better than this dump?" He asked suggestively while leaning against the shelves and reaching his hand out to tuck a strand of my hair behind my ear before his hand lingered near my face. I shuttered under his touch and that seemed to egg him on as his smirk grew wider. He knew I was afraid and he clearly liked it.
