The Test

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Whatever I thought the evaluation test was going to be, it is not.

I imagined them seeing how long we can be teased or our limits for being teased. But in reality, it's just going to be an intense game of Smash or Pass.

But the hardest thing about what's to come for my friends and I, is that it's people in our school. ANYONE! Including teachers.

The word got around while people waited in the long line for it. Every year it happens. See, what I didn't know was that this was a one year college.

Whispers all throughout the line, "Our friends, and our teachers too?!", "Evelyn cried because she didn't know what to pick for her hot cousin!", "I heard my boyfriend passed me!" This and more is what I heard. I'm scared for what I didn't hear.

Viv was in front of me in the girls line. Charlie was next to me in the boys line. They were separated so word wouldn't spread. That obviously didn't work.

The line gets shorter and I get closer but I pay no attention to it because I'm savoring these happy moments with my closest friends. This school has become my life.

In almost no time, the girl in front of Viv is getting ready to go into the girls' testing room. I feel panicked and take a deep breath, and Charlie grabs my hand, squeezing it and sympathizing with my feelings.

Viv turns towards me and gives me a hug. I return it.

The girl that was in front of her comes out of the room, and runs into another girl's arms. Viv and me look at each other, a look that explains everything and talks about everything we need to. She walks in.

After a while my situation dawns on me and I turn to Charlie. He reads my mind and we quickly kiss and then he walks into the room.

I walk towards the door as Viv goes out, we both avoid eye contact.

The room is dark and empty except for a large screen with a chair in front of it, around 8 feet away from me.

A teacher I've seen in the hallways before approaches me, though I have no idea where he came from. "Hello Kallie, please take a seat. I suspect you already have an idea of what's going on, based on how quickly rumor spreads in this school." he says with a light chuckle and I sit in the chair, which is surprisingly comfortable.

The teacher takes out a button, presses it, and the screen lights up. He gives me the button, with a blue circle in the middle, a green line on the left of it, and a red one on the side.

"Green is smash, and red is pass. Blue changes who you are choosing. Please answer truthfully or the chair will beep." He says, and this was something I wasn't prepared for.

Lie detector? I get the button? My gaze redirects towards the screen and I'm met with a face I barely recognize. They look ok, but not my type. He had dreadlocks, and earrings and hazel eyes. I press pass and the chair stays silent.

Some of the faces I don't recognize so my decisions are usually based off looks. Except I get Leanne and I immediately press pass, and the chair is dead silent to my delight.

Then after it being quick and easy, his face shows up. The face of a someone I never thought I'd see again. The last time I did, he was being dragged out of the house by my dad, screaming and crying, being taken to where I don't even want to think about. My breath gets caught in my throat, my eyes get wet, and my hands are shaking so bad. He had been trying to get me a cookie from the jar my parents kept secret from us, because we were short on money and our parents didn't want us wasting "precious snacks." But I was really hungry. It was the second time our parents hadn't fed us in a day. My stomach hurt, and even though he didn't say anything, I knew his did too. Except dad caught him. Yelled at him. Told him it had been too many times he had been caught 'stealing' food. And dad picked him up. And mom didn't care, she was drunk. And then he was gone. The screams still echoing in my head as fresh and terrifying they were that day.

But I looked at the picture. How had I not seen him, Jamie, my own brother, in the school before. But there were some classes I didn't pay attention to who was in the boys group, like in the classes genders were separate in. Jamie also could have been in other classes. Who knows how many boys went here?

He was good looking. With the same silky brown hair, light gray blue eyes, nose shape, and lips. It was evident we were twins. But the thing was, I couldn't imagine us.......... doing it. It was really weird. I know how Evelyn feels. The teacher walks next to me and says, "Are you good? If you want, just skip this one." "No.... I think I know what to choose."

My hand shakily presses the red pass button. And then the next person button.

The rest of it was a blur, except for Charlie, Viv, and Antonio. Then I was called out.

All thoughts of my friends flew out the window. I need to see my brother again.

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