#Chapter 8 - New Friend

Ruby

Still in deep thought about my visions, I locate my locker and attempt to open it. There’s no combination lock.

I rifle through my bookbag to see if maybe Alice slipped a key in there for me, but there’s nothing except a notebook, a pencil case, and a pouch of toiletries. Inside the pouch is only a hair comb, a makeup compact, and… diet pills.

I roll my eyes and zip the pouch back up again, planning to dump the pills down the toilet the next time I go to the bathroom.

How the hell am I supposed to get this locker open with no combination or key?

Just then, the plump girl from before returns to me and smiles.

“Thank you,” she says. “I don’t know what Mrs. Acker would have done if I forgot to turn in my homework again… How did you know that, anyway?”

I shrug, not wanting to give away my vision. “It’s no big deal. Don’t worry about it.”

“Oh, okay,” she says.

She turns toward my locker.

“Is this your locker?”

“Yeah. I think so.”

“Oh, cool! You’re right next to me.”

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