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Chapter One: Who?
“Finally, you woke up!” I heard Rori say as I lifted my head from my desk. “Yeah, yeah.” I mumbled under my breath. As I reached into my bag to grab a piece of gum, I had found an old note from my mom saying “Hey dear! I hope you’re having a good day so far. I forgot to pack your lunch though… so sorry! – Mom.” I smiled as I remember when I had first read it in 4th grade. “Mrs. Crow, is your bag more interesting than my lesson?” I darted my head up to see my teacher, Mrs. Yarrow, looking at me with a serious stare. I glanced around to see everyone staring at me. My face turned red as tomato. “Sorry Mrs.” I answer quickly. I swept my hair back behind my ear, as I tried not to look at everyone looking at me. As the bell rang, I quickly packed my bag and ran out the class room to my locker. I shoved my bag into the locker then wiped the sweat off my face. I walked to lunch while trying to find my friends.
I spotted River walking out of the library; she always has her face in a book. “River!” I shouted. She quickly turned her head to look at me, dropping her book in the process. “Oh, hey Imara!” River exclaimed. “Do you know where Rori and Amber are?” I asked. “I saw Amber just a bit ago… but I can’t seem to remember when I saw Rori last.” River said. “Huh...” I said concerned. We both walked to lunch, keeping our eyes peeled for Amber and Rori. I walked over to a table and sat down waiting for River to get her lunch. Before River could come sit by me, Laura Hopkin sat by me. “Hey!” Laura greeted me. “Uhm, hi.” I said slowly. “Hey Laura, have you seen Rori at all?” I asked. She looked at me confuesed, “Who…?” “Rori Hanns? Your cousin?” I said. “I don’t have any cousin named Rori.” She said as she raised her eyebrow. Laura walked away from me, worried. River and Amber came over a bit after Laura left. “Guys guess what!” I announced to the two. “Chicken butt?” They both guessed synchronized. “No what?” I looked at them with a concerned look on my face. “Anyway,” I said, “Laura didn’t know who Rori was! She acted like she didn’t exist!” There was a huge akward silence. “Who?” Amber asked.
I looked at them and said, “Is this a joke…?” Amber scoffed, “No? Who is Rori?” I heard Amber ask. I gasped under my breath. “You’re kidding.” I stuttered. “Imara are you okay?” River asked. I started to stutter my words, just saying gibberish at that point. The bell rang and Amber quickly left, River swiftly followed behind. Hours later, I headed towards the bus pickup. I spotted Amber and River talking to each other. They glanced over at me and quickly went onto the bus. I sighed. I entered the bus and headed to the back. I sat down and pulled my sketch book out of my bag and started doodling. As I watched everyone talk to their friends, happy, but I couldn’t feel that in that moment. I was more worried about what happened to Rori. I looked out my window when the bus passed by Rori’s house, and it was just trees. I could’ve sworn I saw one of the trees glitch. I closed my eyes in attempt to try to relax, but the bus hit a bump and I jumped awake. “Last stop is coming up!” I heard the bus driver say. I put my sketchbook back into my bag, and got ready to leave. As the bus pulled to a stop, I walked up to the door slowly, but I didn’t realize some one was sticking out their leg to trip me. “Hey!” I screeched as I fell. I heard two girls laugh, “Sorry!” I heard one say. I got up and walked to the front of the bus ready to leave. The doors seemed to refuse to open. I gently pushed the door to open but nothing worked. “Uhm, could I get some help?” I asked politely. I watched as the bus driver pressed the open-door button multiple times but to no prevail. I pushed against the door and the door busted open causing me to fall out. All I could hear was the laughter from everyone on the bus. I quickly got up and fast walked to the front door of my house. Not realizing I left my bag on the bus; I turned around in a panic just to see the bus had left. I sighed in anger sitting down by a tree. I waited hours for my mother to return to unlock the front door.
Finally, after hours I watched her car pull into the driveway. I watched her walk up to the front door unlocking it. I snuck up behind her. “AH!” I heard my mother scream. “Sorry mom!” I said apologetically, rubbing the back of my neck. “What were you doing?! You should be asleep by now.” She scolded me. “Sorry I left my bag on the bus so I couldn’t unlock the door.” I said bashfully. My mother rolled her eyes and walked into the house. I walked to my room and closed the door. I laid down onto my bed, waiting for pure relation to come over my body. Right as I drifted off to sleep, I remembered how my friends didn’t know who Rori was. (END OF CHAPTER ONE)