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The alarain, this time she rose out of bed and hit the alarm off button She knew she had to let the bad dreaot to school She couldn’t let it cloud her MondayShe had a fun week ahead of her with her friends and her afterschool activities and she didn’t want anything to spoil it

Rachel felt excited to go to school in theShe’d felt like it had been a while since she was at school, even thought it had only been three days since school let out on Friday She couldn’t wait to see her friends to talk about what had happened over the weekend She knew they’d have soht that left her in a field with a strange guy

She went downstairs to have breakfast and saw Mark and her dad already sitting there Her dad was reading the local paper and Mark was texting on his cell phone It was hard to talk to Mark these days since he was always on his cell He barely lifted his eyes up fro!" Rachel said with a s, Mark!" Rachel reiterated

"Ohyo," Mark said

"Hurry up and eat, we’re going to be late," her dad said looking at the clock on the microwave

Rachel scarfed down a bowl of cereal and headed out to their station wagon, which sat in the driveway

"Shot gun!" Mark yelled as he et it next tiht Sarah for it!" Mark said

"Ha True!" Rachel agreed

As the three of them drove to school, she couldn’t help but think about this past weekend and how strange it all felt She kept playing back her time in the field with Benji but for soether She couldn’t make sense of it all

BUZZ BUZZ

Her cell phone went off and she opened it and saw a text fro now!

Dana: We are all here! WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU!

Rachel: Ditto!

Rachel didn’t knohat the whole fanfare was all about or why Dana would be texting her so early Especially since she knew she’d see her in a few minutes at school It seemed odd to her, but she didn’t question it

As the car pulled into the seh school, she felt at ease She couldn’t wait to catch up with her friends and she couldn’t wait to see what she got on herday

"Rachel, I want you to go visit your mother this afternoon," her dad said

"What do you ether," her dad answered

"But…" Rachel said

"There are no buts You will go today after school," her dad demanded

"Fine!" Rachel said

"I will pick you up at three and ill drive there together Mark you will coo today, Dad I have practice Don’t you reo later in the week then"

Rachel got out of the back seat of the car, slammed the door shut and walked towards the front entrance of the school She was immediately taken back by all the stares and whispers fronize were turning their heads and staring at her as if she were some alien from outer space She touched her face and her hair toout of her nose or her hair wasn’t standing straight up She looked down at her clothes, too, but there was nothing out of place The stares and whispers grew louder as she walked in through the front doors<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>