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note, but still. . . .
    Brynne grabbed my elbow before I could say something I’d most likely regret. “We’ll see you tomorrow, Mrs. Beckencourt.”
    “That was completely unfair.” As we headed out for lunch, I unfolded the papers in my hand. One was a green slip directing me to start detention after school today and the other, I was elated to see, was my note. “Oh, thank you all that is good in the world.”
    “Our note?” Brynne asked.
    I nodded, kissed the note, then shoved it deep into my jeans pocket. Things were looking up.
    Suddenly, the skin on my neck chilled and prickles popped up and down my arms. The air around me began heating like a furnace. My body felt heavy and I struggled for breath, feeling smothered.
    Oh, no. The stalker spirits were back.
    “Go away!” I broke out in a run to get away from them, dodging left and right, pushing past all the students. I spotted daylight and sunshine just ahead of me and I hoped I’d be safe there. Hoped somehow they’d be forced to remain in the dim hall behind me.
    “Amy!” Brynne shouted but I didn’t glance back. I had to get away from them.
    Out of nowhere, a tall body stepped in front of me, blocking the light and my path. “You’re not going anywhere,” he said.
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    Due to my speed from trying to outrun the spooks, I couldn’t stop in time and slammed into the body blocking my exit from the hallway. I grunted, my shoulder taking the brunt of the pain. The weighted feeling from the freaky spirits increased when I stopped, getting heavier and heavier—the air so thick it clogged my lungs.
    The guy standing in front of me with the rock hard body peered down into my eyes. “Can we talk?” Owen said.
    Wow. Since when did geeks start working out?
    “Get out of my way.” I gasped for breath, shoved past him, then sprinted to the end of the hallway where I thrust my body into the open courtyard as if busting through a ribbon at the end of a race. The afternoon sun spilled over me and the heavy feeling lifted immediately. Thank goodness the spirit was gone. Or at least it had stayed in the hallway. Either way, the weighted feeling crushing my chest disappeared and I could breath again normally.
    Owen walked over to me without seeming at all fazed by my outburst and mad dash to the courtyard. “What’s your hurry?”
    My shoulder throbbed as I glared at him. “Why’d you step in front of me like that, Owen? You’re like a brick wall.”
    “Sorry.” He ran a hand through his shaggy bangs, causing tufts to stick up unevenly. Brynne would so love to be in my shoes at the moment. “I didn’t want you to leave until I thanked you for defending UFOs. It’s a serious topic that many are too scared to acknowledge.”
    I’d just been chased by something invisible and Owen was talking about UFOs? What kind of freak show had my life turned into? “I hate to break the news to you, but I faked interest in UFOs. I just wanted Lindsay to shut up.”
    His forehead wrinkled. “But you said UFOs were fascinating—”
    “There you are, Amy.” Brynne trotted over, holding her purse at her side. “Why did you take off like that?” She gave me a weird look. Then she looked at Owen all soft-eyed.
    Agh. I so did not have time to deal with her angsty crush.
    Although I needed to tell her the truth, I couldn’t answer with Mr. UFO standing here. “Guess who I slammed into?”
    “Hi, Owen.” Brynne smiled, showing a straight set of teeth that hadn’t worn braces a day in their life. “Interesting speech.”
    I rolled my eyes. Whacked out was more like it.
    The corners of Owen’s mouth turned upward. “I’m glad you enjoyed it. It’s something every U.S. citizen has a right to know.” Owen glanced at Brynne briefly, but then only seemed to have eyes for me. “So, Amy. If you’re up for leaving campus at lunch, Burger Mania has ninety-nine cent cheeseburgers this week.”
    My brows rose and I shot a quick glance at Brynne. He wasn’t asking me