Surviving the Collapse

Chapter 8

"So, who can explain what was going on there? There wasn't anything inap-" She said as I inturrupted her.

"No! Nothing like that! I was fine they just were...tickling me. Really, I'm fine." I said suddenly as I felt my cheeks get red.

"Leo, Danny. Is this true?" Ms. Lech asked them as she went to sit at her desk.

"Yeah, it was just a joke! Why would we hurt her? She's just our best friend." Leo insisted. I felt happy at that moment because I was their best friend! I might have hated him in the beginning but once I got to know him, he was actually a nice guy rather than a creep and stalker.

"I'll believe you guys for now, but if it happens again... just don't do it." She said as she motioned her hand to the door so we could leave.

We got up and went back out to the hallways. "Can we go to our room? I need to see something." I asked as we had already started walking the way back to our rooms. I really had no clue why I said that. I didn't actually need anything.

"What did you need?" Danny asked as I looked around the room.

"Hmph, forgot. Where do you guys wanna go?" I lied.

"Actually," Leo said looking at the alarm clock for the time. "I gotta go meet up with Ashlee. There's only 2 minutes left of lunch." He said as he opened the door and left.

"I guess we have to get going too." Danny said and we made out way back to the lunch room.

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I was bored out of my mind as I sat at the desk in our room. We haven't been doing tests. I guess they're still trying to get rid of the hacker on it.

"You're a really good singer." Danny said suddenly. I forgot he was even there and I was just singing randomly in front of him. I've always hated my singing voice but the people that heard me before said it was good. I never could really tell if they lied or not.

"Oh, uh sorry. But it's not good. Thanks anyways." I said as I stared at the desk top still.

"I'm not lying. You're really good at singing. I mean it!" He said as if he actually liked my voice. He was probably just annoyed.

"No it's not!" I said. sometimes I could be very stubborn but it's true! I can't sing for my life.

"Sing again!" Danny said throwing a pillow at me.

"I am not singing again. Not in front if you, I mean." I said hoping he would drop it already.

"I'm not letting you leave unless you sing!" He said as he jumped up and stood in front of the door. Why does he have to do this?

"I guess we'll be in here forever because I'm not singing for you." I said in a mocking tone. I really wasn't going to sing. Not in front of him. I never liked to be judged whether it was good or bad.

"That's fine with me." He said. "I'm only kidding. I'm not that mean right?" He laughed.

"You can be pretty annoying sometimes you know that?" I said as I turned toward him to where he stood, still by the door.

There was a sudden knock on the door. Obviously thinking it was Leo, I jumped up to open the door even though Danny was already there.

"Oh hey L-" I stopped myself when I didn't see Leo but a box left on the floor.

As I picked it up, I saw that it had a tag on saying To Claire. I hurriedly walked back over to the desk closing the door behind me.

I tried opening it but had no luck. Danny came over to try and help. He opened it for me. As I realized there was a card and a yellow envelope, I grabbed the card first.