"Lena! What are you doing? You're going to be late for your bus!" my mother yelled in my ear. I woke up and threw the blankets off of me. Panicked, I looked at the clock and yelled, "Shit!" My mom decided to gracefully ignore this remark and walked out of the room, leaving me with 30 minutes to get ready. I jumped out of bed and worked my way into a pair of vintage destroyed jeans from Hollister and a pink tank top I had gotten from Wal-Mart.
After slipping on a pair of white flip flops and putting on some cover-up, blush and lip gloss, I threw my backpack over my shoulder and scooped up my purse. Dashing out of the house, stopping only once to grab a pop tart from the box on the counter, I ran out of the house. I looked at my cell phone. Good, I thought, 10 minutes to get to the bus stop. I suddenly stopped and smacked my hand against my head. I forgot to let Ami out. I ran back inside and opened up the sliding glass door leading out back. Ami, my huge golden retriever, bounded outside. I tapped my foot and looked at my cell again. Luckily the bus stopped in front of the house and the bus driver was always nice enough to wait for me if I was late, so if Ami looked like she was going to be out there for awhile, I'd just call her back inside and leave a note telling Jay, my little brother, to let her out before he left. And it looked like today was going to be that day.
Ami was tensed up, alert to something in the forest. "Ami," I called, "Come on girl I only have 5 more minutes hurry it up!" I gave an impatient sigh just as Ami took off barking through the woods. Fuck, I thought. I ran after her, yelling her name, but she didn't come back. I stopped at the edge of the woods. I could hear Ami barking still, but I hesitated. Something about the woods always scared me. I guess it's just from watching too many horror movies. But I couldn't bear it if anything happened to her, so I dashed into the woods after her. After a few minutes off running, my back was starting to feel heavy. I hadn't even thought to take off my purse or backpack, and I was freaked out. Nothing looked familiar. To anyone else these woods would've been gorgeous, but I hate them. I couldn't hear Ami anymore. Suddenly I heard people crashing through the woods. Finally! But I couldn't have been more surprised when I saw who it was…
