Frozen in Time

Chapter 3

Summer break is over and the start of school is upon me.

My first class is AP English. The only class I'm looking forward to. Well that and lunch.

"Aria!" someone shouted as I entered the door.

I turned around and Emily was standing waving at me.

"Hey Em," I slowly walked toward her.

Spencer turned around from her locker and had a huge stack of books, weighing down her limber body.

"Has anyone heard from Hanna?" I asked.

The four of us were a little group, always together. There used to be five of us.

" I saw her at the mall yesterday," Spencer admitted, " she was with Mona."

Mona was a nerd and everyone knew it. Though right after Alli's disappearance she transformed herself. Hanna and her became friends, Hanna lost a ton of weight, and they started ruling the school. Like there was no hope of Alli's return.

"Please tell me she actually bought her clothes this time." Em huffed.

" I couldn't say, an officer walked up to her, but it was just to hand her her purse."

Emily frowned and started walking into English. Spencer and I followed. Like little ducklings.

I found a seat and the girls sat close. Even Hanna.

Hanna walked in as if she was a supermodel walking into a photo shoot. Mona close behind. Like they were each other's accessories.

She sits down one row over and smiles at me.

I smiled back, but I felt really weird. Hanna had changed so much it made me feel like an alien. Like the old Hanna had left, home somewhere not to be found.

She wasn't anything like Alli.

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The bell rings for the start of the class. My head is hidden in my book when the teacher walks in. I don't even look up.

"Okay class, my name is Mr.Fitz," he says.

He turns around and I can feel his eyes boaring into my soul.

"Holy crap!" he mutters.

The whole class turns in their seats.

As I look up a million eyes are looking down on me.

Including Ezra's.