s went well. She was gathering her things and was sta

bade to her Algebra teacher

t looked up and

m, World History. She was looking down at her book and stopped dead. She

ent, smiling b

was not so often, she noticed. And she wondered where her brot

r final subje

y,” she said in a m

s

in. “Do you have rehearsals after your exam?” H

hook her head.

finished with all my exams today. I just felt like

ontain her smile and excitement. But

n. I will wait for you in

she said, and he went with

o into him that their looks of jealo

ent murmured gentl

ll the girls’ stares thrown in her direction—especially Aubrey’s. She opened her

r them to answer. Elise received the set B test paper and wrote her nam

was fill-in the blanks. She thought she’d manage. The question

eyes. The images she saw while she was in her bathroom came rushing in again. And it seemed that the images were too many now. She saw

images. Then the vision receded on its own. She breathed a sigh of relief and continued

he went back to her chair to gather her thi

*

s truly excited right now. She had a date with Ken

pointed when she saw her

seemed to antagonize her openly by pointing out this

self to move her feet f

H

for you to arri

d at him reassuringly. Her brother opened the door for her

join in with them. Nonetheless, she was happy enough that he

inee’s Hut. Amy waved at them, and

asked no one in particular; her hand was po

a and orange juice,

lf but to smile because of her brother’s character. He

sses of or

ld be iced tea,”

bout you?” Amy turned to

a.” Kent flashed a de

ple,” Amy announced. She winked at them before

vite my sister,” Eric confronted Kent after a whi

too slow,”

me as I passed my answer paper to Mr. T

t up because of that scene. She could not believe Kent wanted

ch Elise. She was already walking

You were running away from my brother to catch u

rong with that? He won’

r, I know that,” Eric answered with a sc

t her pen and a piece of paper. She wrote down her number

ed out to her brother. Deep inside, she w

Elise and put the piece

ed Eric when he caught