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I’ on the sun-war on what looks like asphalt but what I realize now that I’y stuff It reeks like it was just installed There’s a wo into a cell phone

“Her name is Daisy… uh…” Sharply, she sucks in her breath “I don’t know her last name!” she cries

For a split second, I don’t know, either

“Appleby,” another teacher shouts

“Appleby,” the first repeats to the 911 dispatcher “It looks like she’s having an allergic reaction to so”

Bee, I try to say, but there’s no air No word

My jerking li a circle around asp with h I know it’s one of my last

Whenthe outdoor track to warm up for volleyball, I was excited about the fresh air Maybe I’d get a little color on my cheeks But then a fuzzy yellow and black menace wanted to join me, and decided that maybe he’d invite a few friends, too I hit number one on my speed dial the second I felt the fa; I only hope Mason makes it in time

A wave of cal now Everything, forehead to toenails, relaxes When the threat of getting kicked disappears, the crowd tightens aroundabove h school just started yesterday, and no one I know froh is in my PE class

Most of the The principal shows up and tries to contain the crowd, but they’re like nets, drawn in by the thrill of someone else’s misfortune

“Move back,” he shouts “Move back so the parah!” But no one listens No oneit, they form a blockade between me and help

I lock eyes with a pretty, dark-skinned girl whose locker is near h to be the last person I see She’s not crying, but the look on her face is pure distress Maybe ould’ve been friends

I stare at the girl and she stares at me until my eyelids fall

The crowd gasps