SIX

I woke up to the sound of noises coming from outside the door.

I rose slowly, feeling the weight of exhaustion from school and club meetings. There has been so much going on I never get enough sleep, but somehow I feel refreshed.

I grabbed my phone off the side table and sat by the ice pack filled with blue liquid. I removed it in between my sleep once I realized the coldness had faded. The illuminated screen on my phone shone my eyes. I squint to look at the time and see I have slept for five hours; the school has already ended for today, and not only that, but twenty missed calls from Effie and 40 texts from Effie and Clark. Then it became a group message, and everyone, and surprisingly Liam, wasn't answering all but asking each other where I was. It seemed they formed a search party for me that I forgot my phone was on silent. That is until one text from Athena told everyone to shut up and added that I was there.

Clark isn't here at the moment. He has an early thanksgiving break at