Chapter 1| The Night We Met

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"When the night was full of terror
And your eyes were filled with tears
When you had not touched me yet"

E V I E

"Wake up, sweetheart." I hear my mother say.

"Why?" I reply.

"It's your first day of public school, remember?" I instantly shoot up and out of bed to go get ready. I faintly hear my mother chuckle outside my bathroom door.

I quickly brush my teeth and take a shower and choose a cute outfit to wear.

I quickly brush my teeth and take a shower and choose a cute outfit to wear

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I get dressed and go down the stairs. I eat my cereal while waiting for my father to finish getting ready to drive me to school.

"Ready, sweetheart?" My dad asks.

"Yes," I reply.

It was a silent 15-minute drive to my new school but it was a comfortable silence nonetheless. I watch the scenery through the window as we pass by. The car slows to a stop.

"Evie," My dad starts. "If you don't like this school don't hesitate to tell me, Okay? We take you to another one."

"Okay," I respond. "Bye, daddy!"

I get out of the car and head to the office to get my locker number and schedule. People were staring at me so I put my head down. The lady at the office front desk gives me my locker number, combination and schedule.

Locker no. 214 Combination: 20-13-16

 214 Combination: 20-13-16

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At the moment, I'm next to locker 256 so locker 214 should be this way. I finally find my locker. There was a girl with a headscarf getting her books from the locker next to mine. I look at my locker combination and insert it in my locker but it doesn't open.

"Here," The girl next to my locker says. "Let me help you out."

I give her my locker combination, she inserts it and opens the locker.

"Sometimes you have to insert the combination several times to open it." She clarifies. "I'm Dunya, by the way."

"I'm Evie," I reply. "I like your headscarf and outfit."

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