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We re about the weather or cos

We caught Mr Blackbourne and Nathan going into thein I wondered if they planned to do sio in, wait and then leave

At some point, Silas motioned to me

I readied myself, held my breath, put on the most serious face and turned

I lockedthe office

I stared hiazed our way

We did nothing but look at him We didn’t move We just

Mr Hendricks dipped his hand into his pocket, pulling out a cell phone, and walked on down the hall He pushed buttons on his phone He turned once, looking back at us

We kept our gazes on him

He turned immediately and picked up the pace

When he was out of sight, I let go of the breath I was holding and refocused on Silas “Nohat?”

“Victor will tell us where we need to go,” he said He relaxed his shoulders and took topast “Let’s stay out of trouble until”

“Hey!” a familiar voice called to us We turned to spot Rocky and Jay coht for us Rocky flashed a sarcastic grin He had an angled face and broad shoulders, and walked a little straight-legged,his hips Jay seeVin Diesel

Silas grumbled but he waved shortly at the two of them “Yo,” he said

“Haven’t seen you around,it to Silas “You avoiding us after the season ended?”

Silas shook his hand and then Jay’s It was an odd scene I couldn’t help picturing Rocky and Silas in a fight on my front lawn, and all the ti with sos Before, I’d disliked hi he’d been taking, I sympathized I didn’t fully blas could be and how it affected his behavior

“Been busy,” Silas said He winked at n up for the school we’re in Was helping her out”

True

“Wow,” Rocky said, raising an eyebrow “Rocky’s girl getting into uniforazed at my outfit “I approve”

Silas shot him a look Exactly what North warned him about, only I didn’t really want to punch him That’d make it worse

Jay elbowed him hard “God, you’re an asshole”

“I’ed and refocused on Silas “Hey, if you’re into it, the baseball team could use some new people”

I brightened at this Silas loved baseball

Silas shrugged “I’ll have to see if I have time”

“Do it,” Rocky said “Come on, man We need someone who doesn’t suck Fifty players and no one can hit a damn ball”

Silas raised an eyebrow “Are you serious? That’s how many are on the team?”

“Yeah, it’s ridiculous,” Jay said “It’s worse than football tryouts or the cheerleaders They let anyone on whatever team I doubt they cut anyone”

“That’sreally inclusive of them,” Silas said

“Not really,” Jay said “Everyone knows coaches will fudge your grades if you’ll sign up So everyone wants on”

“Makes it ianized Usually it is the sa The rest are benched”

“And never enough bench,” Jay muttered

Rocky startedon and Jay followed, only he looked back at me, his eyes a bit curious about the outfit as he looked at it before ht nod I couldn’t tell if he liked the unifor in with their school Was he impressed?

“Hey, you two,” Victor said “Go ahead and go into the main office with Mr Blackbourne But check in at the front desk He’s heading back”

The halls were thinning out The bell would ring soon

We left our post and crossed the hallway Silas held the door open for me, and I waited for him

He led the way to the front desk I wasn’t sure hoere supposed to check in, so I was hoping he’d knohat to do