It was gray, either very overcast or it was still super early in the morning. I swallowed the thickness of sleep in my throat. I fought the idea of going to sleep again. Maybe if I could find Corey before I talked to Axel, I could see if he had any updates as to his mood and any more suggestions ...
Quiet gazes and questions flashed between all of us. It was a surreal moment, to have spent the time at Lily’s. It felt like another world. We’d walked through the magical land behind the wardrobe and come back again to the real world and suddenly the real world felt different than before.Still, ...
Blackbourne I followed Dr. Green through a series of small hallways with a shaggy orange carpet and painted white bricks. The hallway was dim as there weren’t any windows and only half of the overhead fluorescent lights were turned on. Most of the doors we passed were closed, looking eerily u...
Gabriel was holding onto my arm to make sure I didn’t fall over; I hadn’t ever worn anything with much of a heel. I had the mask on over my face, and it just covered the crests of my cheeks. I was grateful for that. The guys couldn’t see me blush. In fact, with the mask, it was a little hard to s...
When we got to Sunnyvale Court, the bus driver stopped in front of Kota’s house. “Everyone on this street, I’ll pick you up here in the morning,” the driver said. I shuffled out with Kota and Gabriel. My sister, Danielle and her brother were behind us. I stood with Kota and Gabriel in the drivewa...
I stood in my parents’ driveway, with Nathan holding my left hand, Luke holding my right hand. North pulled his black Jeep into the drive, bringing Victor, Mr. Blackbourne and Dr. Green. The others were close behind them on foot. Our orders from Mr. Blackbourne were to check to see if my mother w...
I didn’t get called up, and Mr. Blackbourne had me go over more memory exercises. This time it consisted of looking at photographs and scanning quickly for details and relaying the details back to him. It seemed pointless, but I trusted him, so I did my best. At lunch, we collected out in t...