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Amelia Forbes

"Ammie!" I heard Dani yell from outside my door. My first thought was that something bad had happened to the baby.

I raced to the door and from the look on her face I realized she'd been calling me for a while.

"Were your headphones in?" She asked.

I shook my head.

It was raining heavily. I couldn't hear her over the pattering sound on my roof. "What happened?" I asked. My initial fear coming to memory.

She only grabbed my arm gently and led me to the window.

I peered down, trying to see through the swishing rain, and gasped when I saw Jason, still standing at the door step.

My eyes roamed to the wall clock. It was 9pm. And it had been raining since 6.

What was wrong with him? I wondered, infuriated.

Dani nodded as if she could hear my thoughts. "I don't know. He's been standing there since morning."

It was silent for some time and then she said. "I don't think we should let him in. It's his choice to stay there so let him."

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