Starless: Half Light by Alyssa Rose Ivy

Author:Alyssa Rose Ivy
Language: eng
Format: epub

Part 7

Noah

14 Noah

What the hell just happened? I blinked over and over, sure I was seeing things wrong. But no. I was standing on the grass outside my high school. At least it looked just like my high school. The details were all the same. The two stone benches set perpendicular to each other. The same trees that looked like they were bending over to touch each other.

I looked down. I was still dressed in the borrowed black jumpsuit. At least I knew not everything had been a weird dream. But where was Rachel? We’d been together just a second ago. Was she okay? Was she in danger? Where was she? Why weren’t we together? I glanced all around me, searching for her. I was alone on the grass aside from a squirrel hurrying toward the trees.

In the distance I heard talking, the sound of cars, and then a louder noise, like a rumble. I walked around toward the front of the school just as several yellow school buses rolled into the circle. Off in the distance I saw more cars pulling into the student lot. The numbers on my watch had stopped, but by the looks of things, it was the beginning of the school day. Even after several years, I’d never forget the sounds and flurry of mornings like that. But it had been years. And not only did I have no memory of heading back to St. Louis, I had no memory of returning to Earth. Why was I here?

“So where are we exactly?”

I jumped as someone patted me on the back. I turned and came face to face with Dale. “Dale? What’s going on? What are we doing here?”

“Hey, answer me first. Where is here? It looks like a school on Earth.” He was wearing a jumpsuit as well, and an expression of puzzlement that I was sure matched mine.

“It’s my old high school. At least it looks just like it.” Now that I was around the front I could see the name spelled out over the doorway. It was the same. Along with the mural of the school mascot—the Cougar.

“And why are we here?” He took a seat on one of the half walls that was covered in so and so loves so and so etchings. I’d have thought one day they’d fix that.

“How am I supposed to know?” I looked down again at the watch. I hovered over a bunch of options, but nothing happened. I tried to contact Angie. Nothing. It was as if it was out of range and couldn’t work.

“I assumed you did.” He leaned back on his hands. “You’re disappointing me.”

“Why are you here? Aren’t you supposed to be on North Star?” I tried to remember what had happened right before I ended up at the school. Rachel and I had been facing those mirror people. That’s all I could remember.

“Telton was worried so he and Carl set something up so I was tagged to you. I don’t really get it.

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