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"What do you mean?" he said "I just jumped to the next car and took you withto die What you did…it was i to calm her

"Yes, it was! Our car crashed below! We almost died! And you saved ," Benji said

"Stop saying that!" Rachel said "That was so scary I was falling and then you grabbed me, around my waist, and lifted me into the next car How did you do that? That’s not possible"

Rachel looked Benji up and down, as if for the first tiain and Benji got quiet He ended the conversation and said, "At least we are safe now"

Rachel’s uy? How did he do that? It was as if he had supernatural powers

Rachel kneasn’t normal and desperately wanted to find out more

As the ride attendant let theround They all wanted to see how they were doing, and the people started at Benji in disbelief Benji walked through the crowd, guiding Rachel in front of hi lot

Rachel put on her helmet and sat on the bike, her stomach in knots

"Who are you?" Rachel finally asked

Benji started the ignition and they started off down the road Benji didn’t answer They rode ho a word to each other

As Benji pulled up in front of Rachel’s house, he said, "Can I see you again?"

Rachel didn’t knohat to say She was conflicted and confused On one hand she really wanted to see hiht for a ood idea"

Rachel got off his bike and headed into her house in a daze Her night was a blur and she didn’t knohat toabout how she had almost just died The scene played back over and over in her ht about it, she felt her life flash before her eyes all over again

As Rachel lay on her bed, ed to touch his body and hold his hand She wished she hadn’t turned hi about how she made a mistake, she took out her phone and texted hiain

Rachel waited for Benji to text back, but he didn’t Rachel worried that sheto talk to her again

With her phone in her hand, she fell asleep, waiting

Rachel ran, terrified She was running through a field she didn’t recognize, and the sun was setting a blood red on the horizon and she was being chased by a flock of bats The sun was setting a blood red on the horizon The bats screeched, as they got tangled in Rachel’s hair On the horizon she saw a se and she knew if she could just make it there, she would be safe But it was too far; the bats were closing in on her thick and fast And even as she swatted at the at her

She wasn’t going toto die a horrible death, smothered by an endless strea weak, she felt soainst her waist It was a hand She looked down and saw a leather sleeve; somehow, she kneas Benji

A second later, Rachel was looking down at the ground, and the endless flock of bats was now beneath her They were swarround, which she kneas a version of herself She looked up, and realized she was flying through the sky being held tight in Benji’s ar me," Rachel asked

"To soth of his grip, and knew, that somehoith him by her side, she would be safe

"Who are you?" Rachel asked

Benji looked at her, and his face becaht

Rachel suddenly sat up in her bed, out of breath, sweating She touched her hair, still perfectly in its ponytail as she’d left it She realized then that it was all a dream Or was it?

Chapter Ten

All Rachel could think about was Benji Fro ready for school and now, on her way to her first period class, she couldn’t stop thinking of hiether at Rye Playland

She was kicking herself for not agreeing to a second date as he dropped her off, but at the time, she was too freaked out to realize how much she wanted to be with him Now, she was even more upset because Benji hadn’t answered her text It had been almost twelve hours since she sent it, and all Rachel could think about is why he hadn’t responded She was analyzing and overanalyzing the situation She also couldn’t stop thinking about her dreaure out what it meant

As she walked down the hallway to her classroo for Benji, but he was nowhere to be found Rachel walked up and down the halls where the senior classrooms were, but couldn’t find him anywhere She asked a few people if they knehere his homeroom class was, but nobody knew Benji was illusive, and nobody could pinpoint his whereabouts

Feeling like she had lost Benji for good, Rachel walked into Mr Allen’s class right before the first bell rang She sat down quietly next to Emily who had saved her a seat towards the back Rachel didn’t even notice Rob in her class because she was too focused on her an to doodle in her notebook She drew a picture of Benji and her on the ferris wheel and then drew a picture of him on his motorcycle in his leather jacket

As Rachel put the finishing touches on her drawings, soht her eye outside theAs Rachel looked up, she saw Benji standing outside behind to a pine tree that stood outside the classroo for her to come outside

Rachel didn’t knohat to do She knew there was a big exam in Mr Allen’s class on Friday and if she missed this class, she wouldn’t be prepared But she couldn’t stop herself fro to be with Benji, she had to meet him Rachel raised her hand and waited

"Yes, Rachel," Mr Allen said

"I’o to the nurse," Rachel said

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