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The next day after
school Jason says that his friends are coming to visit. Katy rolls her eyes and
mutters, “Great.”
Jason rolls his
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“He just kept
staring at you?” Katy asks as I slide into the pool water.
“Yeah,” I say. I
had just finished explaining th..
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“Bye guys!” Jason
calls from the front door before shutting it.
“Well,” Katy says
from beside me, “I’ll give ..
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“So,” Jason’s
saying. “Blake wants to hang out with you and I today. You know… to get to know
you better.
I nod my..
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“Hayley! Do you even know how to use a cell phone?” Katy yells,
grabbing my hand and dragging me upstairs as soon as Jason and I get home..
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When I awake in the morning, I find myself on a chair with
blankets cuddled around me. My brain freaks out for a second, unable to
recognize whe..
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“Hayley? Hayley, what’s wrong?” Katy’s voice is clear outside my
door. My body has been racking with sobs for the past three ..
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I didn’t leave my room that day. I didn’t leave my room the next
day either, forcing Natalie to call me in sick at school. On the third d..
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A few days earlier…
It’s 4:30 in the morning. I exit my room slowly, silently,
trying not to wake anyone. I shut my door soundlessly ..
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Back to the present…
I left the house, carrying only my suitcase. I barely had
anything in it, and I didn’t have any money. Natalie d..
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