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She walked back toward the ht be a good time to sort out her locker situation since her backpack wasn’t exactly light

She went back over to Mrs Dusty’s desk and stood there until she was off the phone

"Mrs Dusty, can you give me ht I gave it to you already," Mrs Dusty said, looking at her papers

"No I don’t have it," Rachel said

"Here, let et that info for you I think you are locker 198 Letlist of names and locker numbers "Yes 198 it is!"

"Ok, thank you," Rachel said

Rachel left and went over to her new locker She pulled out the piece of paper Mrs Dusty handed her with her new locker combination and she tried it

Success

She put her backpack and books away and then headed back towards the cafeteria Surely her friends would be there by now, she thought

As she approached the entrance to the cafeteria her heart began to race again She could feel her body teh the doors The stares were endless and then out of nowhere she heard a voice calling her, "Rachel! Rachel! Co for you!" Dana yelled out across the cafeteria

Rachel was thankful that Dana was there, and saw a few of her other friends sitting at the table, too

Phew, she thought to herself

She walked over to their table alares and whispers of the kids in the cafeteria She didn’t acknowledge them and kept her focus on Dana and her friends

"Rachel!" Dana said "Everyone’s so pumped you’re back!"

Rachel s rooirl?" Penny said

"Great to see you!" Amy said

"You’re back!" Samantha said

"Hi Guys, missed you!" Rachel answered back

"Yeah, seriously! What happened to you?" Penny asked

"Yeah, ere so worried about you!" Saain soone a while!" Dana said "I was trying to tell you that earlier"

"I know, but where did I go?" Rachel asked hoping they would look at her like she was crazy

"What do you o? You don’t remember?" Penny asked

"Weird!" Sam said

"It’s been a year and a half!" Dana said "C’mon you moved away remember?"

"Yeah! Duh! I knew that Where did I aa, but you have to proirls said in unison

"Well, I have to be honest with you all You’re my BFFs and I know I can trust you," Rachel whispered "I don’t re Pennsylvania and I don’t re in school for the last year and a half I need help putting the pieces back together"

"WHAT?" Dana said "You don’t remember?"

"OMG!" A around Please I need your help," Rachel said "Please fillmove?" Dana asked

"No?" Rachel said

"You ot transferred for his job You hated it at first and we talked everyday and then you made some new friends and I didn’t hear from you as much," Dana said

"Ok…and?" Rachel asked

"And you talked about different boys and then you said you liked so on a date with him Do you remember him?" Amy asked

"Really?" Rachel asked with excitehed and then Sam said, "You liked hih school"

"Stop it! You’re lying toat all!" Penny said

"It’s true!" Sam chimed in "We swear!"