D e n i s.

2; James, Carlie.

I looked around at the empty band room, as I took out my flute and practiced my part in the school-wide song;

''Your pretty good James; '' Cassandra said, surprised as she walked in;

'' You seen Ell? '' I replied, curious; We hadn't seen Elliott all day, and the last thing I heard was a scream;

''Nah, someone told me he is in the hospital;'' Cassandra sighed, '' It is time for class, Cya James..;''

Mr. Hudson walked in, telling us to pull out our instruments and I sighed, a seat in the back was empty;

'' Dean is absent, right? '' Mr. Hudson said, unamused;

'' I think his name is Dennie;'' Alice said;

We all shrugged and got on with the Scottish tale song we had practiced;
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James met me in the hall and I blushed, I knew he had kissed Sarah, but his eyes, his red locks..; I felt him push me against a locker, a locker that was never closed; A boy usually sat in it with a book in hand, I remember it so well, all the medicine, "Aspirin, Nyquil, Rolaids, Tums," ; It seemed too familiar..;

'' Carls? '' James asked, he had let go and seemed more concerned;

''Oh nothing, let's continue; '' I gulped and we continued the kiss;

The bell rang and I left to lunch quickly, James didn't seem okay to me, he was oddly pushy & bold; I sat next to Cassandra, Angel, & Jackie all of us looking at the slop they had given us and pulled out what we managed to slip from home or other things; A hot chocolate packet, mints, crushed Dorito bottom-Of-The-Bag; As we dumped our slop, the spot that I knew to belong to a kid, was empty;

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