Chapter one:
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"..and then I think he like actually looked at me, but then he left the party, and I was like..."
Ok, I was not going to read anymore of that Kaitlin talk... We were in the middle of math class, and I seriously thought Mr. Davies was giving me "The look".
"Ashley Evans, what did I just say about the algebra homework?"
"Uh, you said that uh, it's due next class?"
OK. I sounded like a complete idiot. Great way to start as a sophomore at a new high school. Well, I wasn't entirely new, I've been here for 5 months, but I still felt like the new kid, since everyone was friends from their old school. I'm not saying they didn't welcome me or anything; everyoneis nice to me here. But, by moving to Florida from Minnesota was a huge change, so I still felt new.
"ASHLEY! I AM TALKING TO YOU, PLEASE LISTEN FOR A CHANGE!"
"Sorry, uh what did you say Mr. Davies, sir?
"I said that I'm generous enough to give you another day to work on the algebra questions, so they are due on Thursday instead of tomorrow."
"Oh, uh, thank you Mr. Davies..."
Great. He handed out the algebra questions and the text books, and there were 75 questions. And we were supposed to finish this in two days? I seriously hate math. Now I'd rather have Kaitlin continue to annoy me with her notes.
Well, whatever I packed my stuff up in my bag and thankfully, it was the end of math. Which meant there were only two more blocks until the end of the day. I walked to my locker, and of course, Kaitlin was there as well, and she continued to tell me the story of how she met this hot guy at this party and on and on and on about him. I seriously did not care. But she was one of my best friends, so I listened anyway.
"Oh, and Ashley! He actually like looked me in the eye! I can't believe it, I think he likes me, and I like him, oh and he's soooo hot..."
"Kaitlin, uh, sorry but I have to leave for a uh, dentist appointment."
"Aww.... Ok, well text me when you're done!"
Ok, well she believed that, thank god. I told my homeroom teacher that I had to leave for a dentist appointment. I seriously felt like being a badass today. There were still two hours of the school day left. I walked through the hallways to the front entrance of the school and started walking home.
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I lay on my bed thinking of... what was I thinking of? I don't really know. I didn't want to do the algebra (obviously) and I didn't want to do the rest of my homework in Socials (again, obviously) and there was nothing on TV, I didn't feel like listening or playing on my iPod, or going on the computer... What was I supposed to do then?
My light started flickering on and off. That was weird. Must need a new bulb. I sat back up, but something knocked my body back down on the bed. I couldn't see my room anymore. I strained to look up at my light purple ceiling, just to see any faint bit of recognition. Nothing. Nothing at all.
"Ashley... Ashley... come over... here..."
I started to be able to see something. There were people scrambling around the halls. Of my school? Yeah, I think so. It started to get clearer and I could hear more voices.
"Help... Ash... A.... Ashley!!!!!!!!!!"
Were they calling my name?
"ASHLEY!!!"
I could hear screaming now, everywhere. And, as much as I wanted to do something, the strange force was forcing me to stay put. More screaming. It was ringing in my ears now. I tried to scream back to them, but, again I couldn't do anything.
"ASHLEY, HELP US... ASHL..."
It all went silent and there was no more screaming. A loud boom thundered across the school. Since the screaming, the whole area was starting to fade. Now, only bits and pieces of the school were left. And then nothing. Except for my purple ceiling. My room.
I tried to scream this time. It worked. I was back at my house. I sat up, and this time I actually wanted to phone Kaitlin.
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Jen
