The Mermaid Siren (Book one)

Chapter sixteen

Heyyy!! Ok, so, this is totally off topic but, Save me makes me emotional and so does this song. Everytime I hear it I start crying for some reason... it's wierd.
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Sara's missing, it's all over the news, and we're all freaking out. Why did she even have to go to that stupid party in the first place? I've been crying almost everyday hoping she would come back.
Since today is the first day of school I head to school early. I see one of my old teachers standing at the door trying to balance a bunch of stuff. I run over and help her out.
"Thanks Hailey," she says and opens the door. "Why are you here so early?"
"I just felt like it," I respond.
"I'm so sorry about what happened," my teacher says as we walk down the hallway to her class.
"It's fine," I say but I know it's really not. "They're trying to find her."
"That's good," she says.
She puts the key through the lock and opens the door. We walk in and I set the paper down on her desk. I miss this classroom. If I could I would come back to sixth grade, but I can't. I'm in seventh now. My teacher hands me my schedule for this year. I look over it. Seems good to me. Only problem is; where do I find my first period?
"There's going to be teachers out there to direct students to their classes" my teacher says as if she's read my mind.
"Ok thanks," I say with a slight smile. I take a seat in one of the chairs and sit on a paper like thing. I stand up, grab the paper, and open it.
It says: Sara is fine, but if you don't tell me your secret, I will kill her.
What? How does this person know me? Who is this person? I inch my way towards the trashcan and put it in there. Students start coming in and that tells me it's time to leave. I say bye to my old teacher and step into the hallway. I walk around trying to find my room number. There. Room 108. I step inside and see students already talking to each other. They all turn to look at me.
"Turn around and go back to your conversations," the teacher says "what's your name?"
I point to my name.
"What's the matter cat got your tounge?" She asks cracking herself up.
"Did a cat scratch up your face?" I mumble.
"What was that?" She asks giving me a look.
"Nothing," I say and she nods.
"You sit next to Sara," she says. I wince. If only Sara.was here. "Oh, right sorry, I forgot about that."
I roll my eyes and go take a seat. I lay my head on the desk hoping for this horrible day to be over with. I hear the chair next to me scrape across the floor. I look up and groan.
"Good to see you too," Jonah says sarcastically.
"What do you want?" I ask putting my head back down. "You don't even sit here."
"I just wanted to see how you were doing," he says sounding like he's offended. "Besides since there was no more seats the teacher told me to sit here."
I look up. He wasn't kidding, there really arn't anymore seats. I slump back in my chair.
"Whatever," I say "just don't bother me."
"The teacher comes by and puts two pieces of paper on the desk.
"Ok class," she says once she's done. "You may work on this but make sure you guys talk quietly."
I take out my pencil and write on the paper. When I'm done I turn it in.
"Well look who it is," I hear a familiar voice sneer behind me. "Hailey the fish girl."
I turn around.
"I don't know who you calling a fish girl when your the one who looks like a fish," I snap back. I hear someone clear their throat.
I slowly turn back around to see the teacher standing in front of my desk giving me a look. Where's Jonah?
"Hi Mrs.Salazar," I chuckle nervously.
"Go to the office," she says sharply "now."
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At the end of the day I waitfor the bus to come. I see Emma coming towards me and I smile at her.
"Hey Hailey," she says and gives me a hug. "How was your first day?"
"Good," I respond "considering I went to the office."
"For what?!" She asks suprised.
"Ellie," I say and Emma nods. "She called me a fish girl so I called her fish face."
"Wow," Emma says as the bus pulls up.
We climb into the bus and take a seat. I look up at the ceiling, hoping that when I get home Sara would be there. It's already been a month since then. She should have listened to Jimin and stayed home! I get a text from somebody.
*text conversation*
Jin: PINK!!!!!!

Me: What?

Jin: Sorry, wrong person
*End of text conversation*
I roll my eyes and turn my phone off.
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When I get home I open the door and instantly drop my backpack and my jaw falls open.