Identify by Choyce Lesley

Author:Choyce, Lesley [Choyce, Lesley]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781459814080
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

I saw Gabe as I was walking into the school. She saw me too. But she just kept walking. I didn’t try to catch up to her but hung back and sat down on the low wall out front. When all the other kids had gone in and I felt that old fear creeping up my spine and into my head, I took a couple of my pills. I needed them to get through this day.

I found myself falling into the dreamy state that came with the downers. The tension faded—everything sort of faded. I knew I was slipping back into familiar territory. The school day would drift on by, and me with it. I didn’t pay much attention in any class, and walking through the hallways was just noise and a blur of people. It wasn’t good, but then, it wasn’t as bad as cowering at the back of the school between the dumpsters. I even found myself thinking, Yeah, this all sucks. Leave it all behind when we move and start over again someplace new.

I was on my way to my locker pretty close to the end of the day when I heard someone shouting. I lifted myself out of the fog and went to see what it was all about.

Skylar was shouting. Shouting at Gabe. “Give it up, bitch,” Skylar said. “I didn’t put anything in your locker. You don’t even register on my radar. I don’t care anything about you, so why would I leave you some stupid threat?” I actually thought Skylar was going to hit Gabe, she was so out of control. And Skylar’s posse was right there, ready to back her up.

A crowd was forming around them in a circle in that insane way that happens when a fight, especially a girl fight, is about to happen.

I pushed my way through the gawking students and grabbed Gabe by the arm. I could see the anger in her eyes. She was ready to take on Skylar. For exactly what, I didn’t know. But I needed to get her out of there quickly.

“Let’s go,” I said, half pushing her through the mob. I heard Skylar yelling something really crude as we cleared the group and headed toward the sunlight streaming through at the end of the hall.

Outside, Gabe started walking away from me really fast. I went after her and tried to speak to her, but she kept pushing me away. Then she started running. She was fast, and still feeling the effects of the downers, I couldn’t keep up.

I watched her, though, and kept walking as fast as I could, hoping she would slow down. Soon she was out of sight, but I kept walking anyway. Eventually I caught up with her. She was sitting in the doorway of an out-of-business bakery. Crying.

Breathing hard, I sat down beside her. The doorway smelled like stale urine. There was garbage on the ground and graffiti on the windows. It was a hellish place. But at least it was just the two of us.

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