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"I’ht She sounded awful chipper this ot to run" Jauys later"

April slid into his spot "I don’t think he likes me"

"I don’t knohy you’d think that" I lifted up a binder at the bottom of my locker, and there it was One lonely, little chocolate chip granola bar I snatched it up It was mine, all ot up "Are you going to Coop’s party this weekend?"

I closed the door and faced her There was nary a wrinkle on her white blouse With her dark skinny jeans and her hair sleeked back in a ponytail, she looked like a very expensive personal assistant "Not sure You?"

"Of course" Her blue eyes glimmered like she’d downed a o"

"Yeah, we’ll see" I liftedto my shoulder as I pushed away froine-red hair, and the moment she saw April within the opposite direction

Traitors

Allto Coop’s party this weekend?" April chattered on as alked "Brandon"

I slid a long look at her Why would I care ifalone" She reached up, twisting the ends of her ponytail as we neared the bathroo so repetitiveso?"

One side of her lips curled "You haven’t heard? He’s been getting super-close to Lori--"

A scream cut her off--a bone-deep shout of terror that raised the tiny hairs all over my body There was a small cluster of people by the bathrooain, louder and closer, and then the girls’ bathrooirl burst out of it, her face the color of fallen snow

April dropped her ponytail "What in the hell?"

"Her eyes!" The girl shrieked as she skidded into the group lingering by the bathroom "She’s dead and she didn’t have any eyes!"

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As I sat on one of the stone table outside of the cafeteria, I squinted as the bright lared down on us "I can’t believe that just happened"

Heidi was sitting on the bench next toht it was a joke at firstuntil I heard what she was screaedit to one side As long as I lived, I would never forget the sound of that girl’s screams

We’d all been evacuated the minute a teacher checked the bathroo lot and the rest of us were here,around or in s sent outside, and I’d only seen a handful of teachers since then Everyone was pretty quiet, speaking in hushed voices or co one another Every so often so The school district had sent out at an alert that there was an issue at the school Knowing that Moet the call or my text for a while, because she didn’t take her phone into the labs, I still let her know that I was okay

So that text today

Heidi twisted as Zoe came around the corner She dropped down beside Heidi She’d left a few

"I think they’re going to cancel school for the rest of the day" Zoe placed her book bag on the table "I peeked through the front entrance, and the entire hallway is blocked with police tape"