"It's like I'm running away from me,
it's like I've taken the puzzle in me
and left it scrambled for all to see."
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When Arden Danvers' parents split when she was eight years old, she moved away with her dad from her...
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"Caught in the riptide, I was searching for the truth. There was a reason, I collided into you."
Here With Me - Robot Koch & Susie Suh _______________________________
XVI. \\ IMPRESSIONS //
That whole night Arden spent tossing and turning in her bed, thinking about so many things. She thought about the Zoo, that night where RagingGrizzly followed her, her friends being attacked...everything that had happened the past two weeks.
She also thought about Brandon...and her encounter with him when she got home from Stinger's. She couldn't stop wondering what was going on with him, why he seemed so upset last night.
So, that next morning, Arden woke up a little earlier than usual, got ready, grabbed her things for school, let Koda out for a few minutes and fed him before heading out the door.
She had thought about it for a good while last night, coming up with a plan to talk to Brandon and find out what was going on. The plan was simple...knock on his door, ask him if he wanted to walk to school together and discuss their project, and at some point, gather some more intel on him.
So, Arden took a deep breath and put one foot forward, walking down her driveway and across the street. However, as soon as her feet touched the pavement of Brandon's driveway, the front door opened and raised voices appeared.
Arden stopped halfway up the driveway when she saw Brandon and his father walking out the door. Her lips parted when the both of them noticed her standing there. She wasn't expecting to meet his dad this morning.
Immediately his dad chuckled, "Well who's this?"
"What are you doing here?" Brandon looked at her in annoyance.
Although Arden wasn't entirely sure if he was actually annoyed at her or taking his annoyance of something else and directing it at her. Either way, she was starting to question whether this was a good idea or not.
"I just..." She said awkwardly, "I was wondering if we could talk about..."
Brandon's dad eyed her up and down, making Arden stop mid-sentence, feeling uncomfortable, especially when he gave Brandon a light smack on the head and smirked.
"Not bad," his father commented, then looked at her, "Hey, uh, you guys in class together?"
Arden hesitated for a minute, before slowly nodding her head, "Yeah...we're working on a class project right now...so I was just—"
