It was a normal day at school. The hallways were crowded, everyone was talking, and everyone seemed to be happy- except 2 girls. Taylor Thompson and Rachel Johnston weren't.
"I wonder where Shel has been. I mean, its been 4 months since she's been at school." Taylor said as they walked towards the science room.
"I know, the girls don't even seem to care. Its all I've been able to think about. She hasn't answered texts, calls, anything. Its like she forgot all about school and her friends and everything." Rachel said. She had been worried about Shelby Trinity's absence since the day she stopped coming to school. The worst part about it was the fact that they had heard absolutely nothing about Shelby's whereabouts- and the rest of their friend group didn't even seem to care.
As the girls sat down at their science desks, the class fell silent as Ms. Smith began to talk about astronomy, their new unit.
But astronomy wasn't on Taylor and Rachel's minds. They were still thinking about Shelby from their brief discussion in the hallway on the way to science.
Rachel pulled a piece of scrap paper out of her science binder. She scribbled a note on to it:
Do you think she ran away and her parents haven't told anyone so their keeping it a secret for a little longer? Or do you think she died?
She tossed it to Taylor. Taylor read it, and scribbled her reply.
I don't think she died, but she may have ran away. Remember she used to always decline sleepover invitations cause she had "plans?"
She tossed it to Rachel, who wrote her reply.
Yea. Maybe those were like running away plans.
Maybe. But like, how would she survive the wilderness? She was like, always pretty. You need a plug to curl and straighten your hair, so like, how would she do it? And she can't pack all of her designer clothes, and if I were her, I wouldn't leave those at home. And then she needs shoes, and all of her cleansing supplies. And makeup. And a mirror. And like, so much more. And wilderness-gross!
Good point. I mean like, how could you survive without all of those things? I wouldn't survive without my aura cleansing every morning. Brady would break up with me. OMG, maybe she is hiding something! Cause remember that time she like smelled like sewer for like 3 weeks? I mean, that's totally unlike her. And sometimes she doesn't have perfect eyeliner. She like, smudges it and it gets all nasty.
Yea I so remember that! And yea, she may be hiding something. I mean like, she could be sooooo insulting sometimes. She'd like, make jokes that weren't funny, but hurtful. And like, that time she beat up a 8th grader last year? I mean like, us popular girls aren't supposed to roughhouse. Were supposed to be the center of attention, always being impressive. She like, broke the group rules.
Yea, and then she like gets all bloody and doesn't wash it or anything, or doesn't put at least a little makeup on that ugly gash. I mean, she needs to try to look better after being injured. Like when Gianna broke her wrist, she at least got a good color, and she put makeup on it. That is what you're supposed to do.
Yea, that was nasty. She really needed to try harder. Maybe she moved. We should ask Julia if she is still in the neighborhood.
Julia? Are you joking? She's a dork!
Don't worry, I have my ways with the hideous.
