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are. Everyone is too afraid to confront you because they have no idea how. They are scared you might bite their heads off for bringing it up, and after the way you had a go at Lauren…well, I think they are right.’ I could tell from her voice that she was sorry, but I knew by the way she spoke at the end that she was hiding something from me
    ‘ Ok, spit it out! What are you hiding from m…’ I could not finish the last words. I rubbed my eyes to make sure that I was not seeing things. I saw a beautiful lady standing in front of me. I knew who she was, even though we had never met. I blinked my eyes, and she was gone.
    ‘ Amanda, I think I am going crazy. I just saw Katarina, and I know that is impossible!’
    T here was silence before she talked. ‘You are not crazy, trust me.’ And our conversation ended .
    When Amy came home from school, she was in high spirits. ‘You should have seen her nose, Summer! It was bad, all puffy, and she had black circles under her eyes. Even funnier, she tried to cover it with makeup!’ Amy laughed at herself. She spent the afternoon talking about how her day was. She asked about mine, and I told her what I had done, soap operas and all. We got take-out for dinner, and after dinner we sat down to do our homework.
    ‘S ummer, how can you understand this stuff?’ We were doing calculus, which I’ve always been good at, but I can’t say the same for Amy.
    ‘I don’t know .’ I shrugged my shoulders, and we continued our work. After all our homework was done, we went off to bed. Amy went for a shower, but I fell straight asleep.
    The next day of my suspension went fast . I talked to Amanda, and she talked about how boring some of the teachers were. Amy always came home with delightful gossip about everything.
    ‘So , ready to go back to school?’ Amy asked as we got ready for bed.
    ‘I am not sure . I am glad to be out the house, but I am terrified of what might happen.’ I was a bit more scared of facing Ethan and Lauren.
    ‘W ell, the latest news on your state is that you are still crazy, but people like the crazy you, because you broke Amber’s nose.’
    I smiled at that. Who would have thought?
    ‘Well, we better get to sleep. Big day ahead of us.’ Amy yawned and fell asleep, unlike me. I sat awake, staring at the ceiling.
    ‘ Amanda, are you up?’ I got no response, so I went to sleep.
    When I woke up in the morning, Amy was still asleep. I went downstairs to get breakfast and was surprised to see Amy’s mum back. ‘Oh…sorry, Kim. I didn’t mean to interrupt you.’
    S he turned to see me and gave me an evil eye. ‘Oh, Summer, what are you doing here?’ She watched me as I got a glass of water.
    ‘I stayed the night .’ I drank the water and went back into the room.
    ‘I s Amy awake yet?’
    ‘N o, she is still asleep.’ Something was off with her, which was strange because Kim always loved to have me over.
    ‘O k, stay down here until she wakes up.’ This was weird, so I sat on the lounge and waited for Amy to wake up. She finally did, about twenty minutes later.
    ‘Morning , Summer, and hey Mum! You are back.’ She smiled at her mother.
    ‘Y es, and I got a surprise this morning.’ Kim looked over at me with a strange gleam in her eye. Amy told her mum that I had stayed the night to work on a research task. After that, we got ready for school. I just wore my jeans and vans. I wore my hair up, and Amy- well, she wore what Amy would typically wear. We went down and left the house.
    ‘Amy , can I speak to you please- alone?’ her mum asked. I waited outside the door, but she did not close it, implying that she wanted me to hear.
    ‘I want you to stay away from Summer .’
    ‘But M um, she is my best friend!’
    ‘I don’t care . I never want her in my house again, you hear that? I don’t want my daughter hanging out with a sociopath!’
    I felt sick . No one wanted me. No one wanted a freak.
    ‘M um! She is not! You have known her for her