Vision of Sacrifices by Vincent Morrone

Author:Vincent Morrone
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Vincent Morrone
Published: 2016-06-04T04:00:00+00:00

At school, nearly everyone I came across asked about Seth. Word had spread about the young boy that we had rescued and brought back to Spirit. The details were fuzzy, which only made the speculation even juicier. I refused to answer the people who only seemed interested in hearing about the horrible things that had happened to Seth, but I found that I enjoyed telling people about how well Seth was doing. I almost always had a new picture or two of him to show off.

“Hey, Bristol,” I heard someone call out as I made my way to class.

Turning around, I saw Maggie and Toby marching up to me, hand in hand. It was still a little strange seeing them together. Not because I didn’t think it was wonderful, but because he was so large and shy and she was so small and so not shy. Toby was dressed in simple blue jeans and a white polo shirt. Maggie wore a neon outfit with nearly every color of the rainbow.

“What’s up?” I asked them.

“My dad wanted me to tell you that the puppies are ready go home,” Toby said. “I can bring the one you picked by your place, if you like. Dad said I could have one, too.”

“Toby’s a big animal lover,” Maggie said. “Although he mostly has cats.”

“Cool.” I pictured Toby petting a teeny tiny kitten. “When?”

“Tomorrow around noon?” Toby asked.

“Sounds good. I’ll see you then.” As the bell rang, we made our way into class. Maggie and I had science lab together.

“I am so totally in love with Toby. And I think he loves me. He’s just shy. I mean, when he met my parents, he wouldn’t stop blushing the entire time. My dad was telling me that when he saw Toby coming up the driveway, he was shocked. I mean, Toby could bench press our couch with me, Mom, and Dad sitting on it. Yet he was so quiet and sweet. Mom adores him. You realize that if I marry Toby and you marry Payne, we’ll be like in-laws.”

I tried to picture what a Maggie wedding would look like. Just the thought of the bridesmaids’ dresses was so loud it gave me a headache.

“All right,” Our teacher said. “For today we are going to split into pairs and examine the slides that we’ve been studying the last month and see which team can label them all correctly. Everyone come up to the front and pull out a number. Then go to the microscope with the corresponding number. No choosing your own partners.”

There was a collective protest which Mr. Riley ignored. He made us all form a line to one side and come up and take a number, warning us not to switch. My guess was that this was the schools latest effort to try and get the students to talk to people outside of their own clicks. I approved of the effort. I just wish I didn’t have to be a part of it.

Maggie pouted that

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