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"I’ll findto hide the shaking in rabbedun to fall and as he looked at me with sadness, I could not stop them He stared at me for a moment with pity I wanted to screa the door behind me I made my way down the dimly lit staircase I realized my books where still in his car but I decided to leave theth not to break down and cry I just wanted to get as far away from here as possible

Chapter Ten

I pulled out ravel road back to the main part of town

"Hey!" she yelled into the receiver I pulled it back fro on?" I asked, shouting back at her It sounded like she was standing in the middle of a rock concert

"I’uys froled and I could hear people cheer in the background "You should co hot!" I searchedto place Jeff but the name did not sound familiar at all

"Where are you?" I asked but all I could here was laughter and loud music After a moment, the line went dead "Fuck" I mumbled to et me" I said as I answered

"Where are you?" Mr Honor replied I pulled the phone back from my ear and read the caller ID It said ‘unknown caller’

"Like you care" I replied, not trying to hide er towards him I felt completely rejected

"I just want to make sure you make it home safely" He replied and I could hear the frustration in his voice

"I’ out" I answered and clicked ‘end call’ I sain She answered after several rings and told me she was at a local club not far from where I was

I made it to the club just before dark The et inside with no effort I walked through the crowded roo for Becka and Claire I could not find them anywhere

"Buy you a drink?" Auncomfortably close

"She doesn’t want a drink from you" Becka called from a few feet away

"Hey!" I shouted, so happy to see her

"Co her ar me towards the bar It was so loud I could barely hear myself think I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket as we did a round of tequila shots I slipped it out and looked at the screen It read ‘unknown caller’ I pushed it back into my pocket

"Let’s do another!" I yelled and everyone around us cheered I drank another down as several boys gathered around us

"This is Jeff" Becka said pointing to the drunken person beside her He was lean buty in to whisper into the bartender to pour usthe beer from Jeff’s hand to wash it down It burnt but the effects were already taking hold and I just wanted to forget about the rest of the day

My phone continued to buzz and light up in h fool ofthe phone from my pants

"It’s no one" I panicked and reached for the phone She held it back from me as she hit the answer button

"Hello?" she answered and ht here You should hang out with us We’re at the Rapture" She said as she s up the phone, holding it out for me

"Why would you do that?" I asked

"You never told er Jeff made a face and I quickly explained