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Moving Out Part 1 Continued

(continuation of part 1)
“Well, maybe it was a prank call,” said my Mother.
“Seems as such,” I agreed, “but just to make sure, I’ll call some of my friends to ask if they got the same call.”
Dinner was over and I called 5 of my friends, and my girlfriend. They all said they received the same recorded phone call.
I went online to check the school website and there it was, the same message. And by that time it was about 9:30 at night, so I decided to go to bed, just to make sure I was ready for school if this whole thing was a big prank.

November 5, 2008
I woke up, and started my morning routine, and when I was finished, I told my parents and sister to have a good day, and I walked out the door to the bus stop. And, there was no one there. I waited for half an hour, and then I started to get worried. The weather was perfect this morning and nothing would have stopped my bus, would it? I started to get extremely anxiety ridden. I guess the phone call was real. I walked back home, and saw the news headline…

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