• CHAPTER 2
    Sukii


    I sit by myself as always at lunch. I've gotten into the habit of doing this though. I’m not in any school activities, mostly because I know someday ill get to go home. My theory is that if I get in groups I won’t want to leave. So I sit by myself.
    “Hey Ix mind if I join you?” asks a kid. I don’t bother looking to she who she is.
    “I didn’t finish Language Arts.” I say. “Even if I did I wouldn’t tell YOU the answers anyway.”
    “I finished Language Arts.” she says. “Besides, I don’t want to cheat. I just want to talk to you.” Now I’m curious I turn around. It’s the girl that goes to 3hour Math with me. I can’t think of her name though.
    “What’s you’re name?” I ask.
    “Sukii.” she replies. “I’m new. Just started coming to this school last week. I don’t have any friends. And you always sit alone so I thought maybe…oh never mind I guess you don’t want to…”
    “No its fine…you can sit here if you want…but I'm not very interesting.”
    “Thank you thank you thank you. I can’t stand sitting by myself for another day!” Sukii says.
    “I’m not all that new anymore but I moved here last year.” I say plainly. “I’m from Betelgeuse” I don’t bother adding the 7.
    “Cool I’m from Flagstaff, Flagstaff Arizona. What state is Betelgeuse in?”
    “Um well actually Betelgeuse is a planet, but I lived in the city of Condophin.”
    “awesome.” she says as if it’s nothing special. Then she nods and takes a bite of her peanut butter sandwich and smiles at me.
    What’s wrong with her? Well I’m one to be talking. We spend the rest of lunch hour in silence. The bell rings and I pick up my things and walk to my next class, but I can’t stop thinking about Sukii. I may not have said this before but I’m crazy good at drawing. So all during my class I was trying to draw her. Her long brown hair tied back in a white ribbon. Her lime green sun dress and her tall pink boots. Come to think of it she was just as strange as me.
    “Ix please demonstrate number 25 on the board.”
    “Hu?” I say. I stand up and look around. No one is in the room. Damn I didn’t here the bell! But then I realize that the clock says 3:30(pm) school ended and I dint notice?!?!?!?! How? And then I remember the voice.
    “Ix can you here me?” the voice asks. “I asked you to do problem 25 on the board.”
    Now I’m scared. What’s going on? And just as I realize that HEY I must be dreaming. Some idiot covers my head with a paper bag and pokes me in the back. Ok I can’t be dreaming. This is too weird.
    “Um would whoever is doing this please let me go?” says a girls voice. Then it hits me that’s Sukii’s voice!
    “Sukii are you there?” I half yell.
    “Ix is that you?” she says. “This is a dream right?”
    “I don’t know.” I say trying to keep the panic out of my voice. Then I’m falling and the strange thing is I don’t care. The thought never occurs to me that hey I’m falling. Do you think ill hit the ground? Do you think maybe ill die? Noting is running through my head it’s like I’m not even there. Then the most sickening sound. Its bones crunching and a splat that I swear I will NEVER forget. Then the most sickening thought. Was that me?