-- Monday Morning --

Today is my first day of school again. Technically, not my first day, but it's my first day back in months since the accident. And it's almost the end of the school year. Next year, I'll be a junior in high school. I can't believe it.

I got out of bed and got ready. I went downstairs and had Chex mix cereal for breakfast. I grabbed the milk and spoon and my mum grabbed a bowl for me  "Thanks, mum," I said as I quickly ate my breakfast and then grabbed my jacket and backpack, from the hook in the dinning room. 

I walked out the front door to find Sarah standing on the sidewalk that is right in front of our house. She was waiting for me just like old times. Then, Sarah and I walked to the bus stop, just like we used to, and sat in our usual seats on the bus. 

We arrived at Oakwood High school, several minutes later. Jake, and Ashton were all outside the school and couldn't wait to see us. Sarah and I walked off the bus, and the three boys surrounded us. We all had one giant group hug. Ashton kissed Sarah's nose, and she smiled. I could tell she was happy so I just started to walk to my locker not wanting to interrupt them. Jake smiled at me and I smiled back. "Where's Blake?" I asked. "In the bathroom," Ashton said. 

I seriously have no idea what I'm going to do about them. Because I honestly like both of them a lot. I can't help my feelings for them, I just can't. Blake is nice, and he has a great sense of humor and he cares about me a lot. But Jake, on the other hand, is smart, and he cares a lot about me too. 

I remember the first time that Blake and I had kissed in his bedroom. It was so passionate and nice. Whenever I was with him I felt so happy, almost happier than I have ever felt in my life. But, then my mind instantly thought about the first kiss that I had shared with Jake under the bleachers. Whenever I'm with Jake I feel so safe and calm. It's like all of my worries have been slowly taken out of my mind and now all I can think about in that moment is how special he makes me feel. Even though, I'm super insecure about myself. And when I'm with Blake he makes me feel like I'm actually beautiful. Like, I'm actually important. I think I know who I want to be with, I think my mind is choosing—

My thoughts are immediately interrupted by a loud crash, and some screams. The boys, Sarah, and I run to the cafeteria which is where we heard the noise come from. When we got there, we saw a big group of people surrounding part of the room. We saw that the glass case that was once filled with trophies and awards was now empty with nothing except a note. But, no one appeared to be talking about the note. It soon occurred to me that I was the only person who had seen the note, but glass surrounded the areas near the trophy case where it had shattered. The principal walked in and was soon notified by some students on the strange event. The principal soon walked out of the cafeteria and soon enough the school's janitor came in with a broom. He started cleaning up the shards of broken glass all over the floor. Jake, Ashton and Sarah said that they needed to get stuff out of their lockers and then go to first period, I just nodded my head and they walked away. I noticed that barely anyone was still lingering in the room and I quickly but carefully grabbed the folded up piece of paper that was in the now emptied trophy case. I heard someone coming so I quickly walked out of the cafeteria and into the hallway. On my way to my locker, I first checked my surroundings making sure no one was around me, and then I opened the note. It said 'Grace Walker was here' in red ink. I couldn't believe my eyes. Was I seeing this correctly? Then it became very clear to me, that someone was trying to frame me. But who?

***

I put the note in my back pocket of my washed out jeans, and went to my locker to find another note taped in the inside of my locker. I looked around the hallway, and I didn't see anyone. I slowly opened up the note and it said 'We are watching you.' Okay, now I am officially freaked out. 'We?' We who? I got the feeling you get when you think someone's watching you but, I didn't think, I knew. I looked down both hallways, and saw nothing. I turned my attention back to my locker, and started grabbing my pre-calculus textbook when an arm snaked around my waist. I quickly turned around to see Jake standing in front of me. I screamed. 

"AAAAAHHHH!!!" Jake jumped back and I could tell he was confused. "Oh my gosh, Grace. Calm down," he chuckled. He grabbed my hand and intertwined it with his. I started to feel calm once again. "Sorry, I-I" I began to say, but I couldn't help but get the feeling like someone was watching me again, besides Jake. I turned my attention down the hall, when I saw someone wearing a black hoodie, black sweatpants, and black sneakers. They noticed I saw them, and started running. I quickly let go of Jake's hand, and dropped my pre-calculus textbook making a boom echo through the halls. "Grace! Where are you going?" I heard Jake say from behind me. I didn't bother looking back. I needed to find out who is framing me for stealing the school's trophies and awards. I mean, like seriously who would want to do that anyway? You can just order realistic trophies online, you don't need to break into a school just to get a trophy. Then a thought occurred to me, 'What if they go to Oakwood High?' 

I continued running. I heard loud footsteps behind me. I turned around while running and noticed that Jake was running behind me. "Look out!" He said while I was still looking at him. I quickly turned around, still running and saw a few feet away was some lockers. I couldn't slow down in time. I ran right into the lockers with a loud crash, and I screamed. I could feel my eyes getting heavy. I kept telling myself to not close my eyes. But, my eyes won. I saw Jake kneel down to my level. "Grace? Grace, are you okay?" Next thing I knew, I blacked out. Everything went black. 

***

I could hear some voices but they were too muffled to make out whose voices they were. 

My eyes started to flutter open when I saw Jake, Blake, Sarah, and Ashton.

I'm laying on a couch in a room. I think it might be the nurse's office, I know that because I see bandages and a first aid kit on a desk. I also see some posters that say to wash your hands. 

"Grace!" I heard Sarah say. "She's awake," Jake said while nudging Ashton for him to wake up. "Grace are you okay?" Blake said. "Yeah, I'm fine," I said. "But what happened?" I continued.   "I'm not really sure, I came up to your locker to help you with getting your stuff and walk you to class, but you freaked out and screamed, and then you turned around to face down the hall and you looked like you saw a ghost, and then you started running down the hall, and you crashed into the lockers and blacked out," Jake explained. "Wow," I said sitting up slowly. So, that's why my head hurts. The nurse came in a few moments later, she looked down at her clipboard and said "Grace, you have a mild concussion, and you went unconscious and blacked out, so this young gentleman over here," she began to say while pointing at Jake. "Ran after you, and brought you here, in the nurse's office, and then he went to get your friends, because they were all worried about you since you weren't in class, you also have some scrapes on your arms but I cleaned them up for you," the nurse said. "Thank you," I said looking at the nurse. "Of course, now would you like to stay a little longer and rest, or do you think you are ready to get to class?" She asked me. "I think I'm ready to get to class," I repeated. She nodded her head, and wrote something down on her clipboard, and with that I stood up and walked out of the nurse's office with my friends. 

With my friends. 

My friends. 

Wow, I have friends. 

In my life, I've usually only had one friend, and that one friend was Sarah. But, now I have multiple. I have friends!