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…she is jolted ahen she falls into a huge, beautiful bedroom There are framed posters of NSYNC

and Sheryl Crow on the walls At a desk sits Melinda, doodling on the edge of her notebook Janie tries to blink herself out of the roo, but her ned to watch

Melinda is drawing hearts Janie walks toward her She says, "Melinda," but no sound comes out When someone knocks on the bedroom , Melinda looks over and smiles "Help me open this ill you?"

Janie stares at Melinda Melinda stares back, then points to the ith a jerk of her head Janie, feeling compelled, stumbles over to thenext to Melinda and they open it Carrie climbs in

She is naked from the waist up

And has breasts the size of watermelons

The breasts sway from side to side when Carrie scrah Janie and stands shyly in front of Melinda

Janie tries to turn away, but she can’t She waves a hand in front of Carrie’s face, but Carrie doesn’t respond Melinda winks at Janie and folds Carrie into her arms They embrace and kiss Janie rolls her eyes, and suddenly all three are back in Ms Parchelli’s civics classroo someone in the aisle It’s Carrie She leads Carrie to the front of the rooives an ounce of notice to the naked Carrie and her enorain and shakes her head wildly She feels the ends of her braids slap the sides of her cheeks, but she is unable to remove herself from the classroom She is forced not only to be there, but also to watch

Melinda glides to the supply closet and leads Carrie in there with her Janie, against her wishes, follows Melinda closes the door once Carrie and Janie are inside, and Melinda starts kissing Carrie on the lips again

Janie lunges in her sleeping bag blindly

Kicks Melinda, hard

And Janie is back in Carrie’s living room

Melinda sits up, hair disheveled, and scrambles around to look at Janie "What the hell did you do that for?" Melinda is furious

Feigning sleep, Janie peers out of one eye "Sorry," sheI saved your life"

"What?!"

"Never et back to sleep now"

Janie grins in the darkness It’s 5:51 as She opens her eyes, wondering where she is It’s pitch dark Carrie turns the sleeping bag flap off Janie’s head "Wake up, sleepyhead" The sunlight is blinding

"M on her haunches, eyeing her, one brow raised Janie remembers Does Carrie?