The Last Night

Finding Out

Chapter Six

"The last night I was this surprised was when I heard the sad, broken sobs of the girl in the hospital."

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After the one week of doing the getting to know you assignment, given by Mr. Brown, I'd gotten to learn a lot about Ame. She's still pretty mysterious though. Ame's been really on edge. For some reason, she's been looking around cautiously a lot. You'd think someone is out to get her.

I've also started hanging out with her and Luke lately. I met their sister, Sora, as well. Apparently, their parents got into a car accident so they have to take care of their sister. Ame would never tell me this of course. I got the info from Luke. He can be such an airhead at times. It make's me wonder, how is he supposed to have Sora in his custody while Ame and I are on the school trip?

God, please watch over his poor soul.

It is currently the day before the school trip and I am stuck in a horrible place comparable to hell: the student council room. And what exactly am I doing in here? As the 9th grade student council president, I have to be here, at the most boring place in the universe, for a meeting regarding the school trip and who it would affect.

And it's a Sunday.

I sat there waiting for the representative of Class 1B and the vice prez. To be honest, I really don't know who the 1B rep and the vice prez are.

The positions are chosen based on grades. The president has the top grades, the vice has the second top grades, and the class reps are whoever has the best grades in their class. For 1A's rep, it's who has the third top grades. I don't really care who holds the positions as long as I have the top.

I put on my forged smile, trying to hide my apathy from the teachers. As I was chatting with people and fooling everyone, Ame and Luke walked in with Sora holding his hand.

"What are you guys doing here?" I asked.

"I'm the vice and Luke's the 1B rep." Ame answered, stoically as always.

"Wait, you were the vice?"

Ame nodded.

"And you were the 1B rep?" I said, turning to Luke.

"Yup." Luke said with a smile.

"Then why have I never seen you guys at meetings before?"

"We've always gone to the meetings. People just don't notice us." Ame explained.

Now that I think of it, none of the teachers noticed them come in, despite the fact that they had a kindergartener with them. That's odd. It's almost as if they have some sort of weird force field or barrier that keeps them from being seen.

"Oh. So are you ready for tomorrow?" I asked.

"I'm not going, remember? Ame's ready though." Luke said.

"Luke, you idiot, who said I was talking to you?"

"Oh." He said in realization.

He's such an airhead. No wonder he's not in 1A.

"Okay, then let's start the meeting." Mr. Brown announced.

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After the meeting, I said my goodbyes and went home. Being too tired to do anything, I got ready for bed and slept, even though it was only 6 PM.

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I saw the girl by the beach again. The weather was warm and sunny.

"Who are you?" I ask.