[“Her Again?!”] R u b y
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Chapter 1 “Her again?!” I yelled. Her necklace was still dangling from her neck, but this one was empty and waiting to be filled. I’m sitting on my gray stained couch watching the news, my black converse laid below my feet, I have a black hoodie and old jeans on. My brown, not brushed hair falls onto my face. Just recently I started watching the news but only to hear about the teacher’s disappearance. Teachers around my town are going missing. We are lucky if we find the body; they’re never found alive. None of my teachers have gone missing yet, I should say my old teachers. On Thursday I got expelled. I never really did anything wrong, maybe a couple physical fights here and there. People did not like me there so when someone was mean or annoyed me, I of course talked back and maybe got physical. Which apparently gets you expelled. What a stupid reason. Chapter 2 Today is my first day at my new school. I get out of the car and mom says goodbye and I open the office doors to be met by a teacher. “Hello,” she says smiling. I wonder why she is so happy. “Hi,” I mumble under my breath. “Who are you?” I ask. “Oh! I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Ms. Abigail.” I nod. “I’m going to be your homeroom teacher.” She seems nice, I wonder why she works in this pile of dump. She leads me towards the classroom talking about some kids I could talk to and meet, I keep my head down, looking at my feet. After I get introduced to the class everyone is allowed to do silent reading or drawing, So I take out my sketchbook 208
