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too close 6

I probably should have skipped class, just like any other kid would- wander around with a couple of friends. But I’m not just any other kid and I probably shouldn’t have skipped class at all. Instead, I started skip-walking in the direction that I had seen that weird green/white/black girl go. Right then everything around me was spinning in those colors… green, white, black, green, white, black. I walk around the corner, passing the water fountain as I go. Then I think of double-checking so I peek around the corner and there she is; holding up everyone waiting to get a drink. As though sensing me there, she bolts from the fountain, leaving her patched up bag lying on the ground. I walk through the line and almost pick up her bag, but something stops me. I start following her at a pretty fast pace, seeing how easily and quickly she moves

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