I darted up out of bed in a sweat. Also, I was screaming. Soon, Maya woke up and came over to me. She pulled me into a warm embrace. Maya was the best kind of friend a girl could ask for. Soon, my mom, dad, and Auggie were in my room.

"Riley! What's wrong?" my mom asked me. I looked at everyone's worried faces. Auggie looked just plain irritated. My dad looked as pale as a ghost. My mom looked as if she could faint at any moment.

"Mom, it was just a dream," I said panting, still trying to get the dream out of my head.

"Honey, you had us worried sick!" my dad exclaimed.

"You woke me up!" Auggie said rubbing his eyes and yawning.

"Guys, I'm fine! You can all go back to sleep!" I said as I pulled the blankets back up to my chin.

"Goodnight Riley! Goodnight Maya!" my mom and dad said to Maya and me. Then, my parents and Auggie walked out of my room and shut the door.

"Riles, what were you dreaming?" Maya questioned me.

"It's nothing Maya, really!" I said.

"I don't believe you!" Maya said.

"I…I just don't want to talk about it, okay?" I said.

"Fine, but tomorrow, be ready to spill!" she said trying to sound threatening but miserably failed.

"Okay," I told her. Then we went back to sleep.

The next day, I woke up to find Maya still asleep. So, I got up and brushed my teeth and my hair. I put on a beige zigzag dress that was one shoulder. I also put on my tan wedges. Then, I curled my hair and put it to the side where the hickey was. Finally, at about 6:30, Maya woke up and got out of bed. She went to the bathroom and brushed her teeth. When she came out, she put on her sequined gold shorts with a pair of black leggings and a white t-shirt with a gold jacket. She also put on her scuffed black boots. We walked down the stairs to find mom feeding Auggie airplane style and dad reading his newspaper. For breakfast, we had bacon and eggs. Maya and I ate really fast. After we finished eating, we headed to the subway.

When we got on the subway, we found Crazy Hat sitting on a seat. We walked up to her and sat down on either side of her.

"Well, how are my two dollies this fine morning?" Crazy Hat asked.

"Good," Maya and I replied in unison.

"That's good to hear. Today, I want my two dollies to go to school, make good grades, pay attention, and most of all, be yourself, because in the end, that's all that matters," she told us before her stop. "See you later, dollies."

Maya and I rode in silence the rest of the way to school. We hadn't acknowledged the dream that I had had last night, and I was grateful for that. It was Thursday, which meant that in two more days, I'd be sitting with Lucas in the movie theatre watching whatever. Soon, our stop came and we got off of the subway. We walked the rest of the way to school.

When we arrived at the front steps of John Adams High School, we walked in to find Lucas and Farkle hanging out by their lockers. Soon, my eyes met Lucas's, and my heart melted. Farkle came up to Maya and walked with her to her locker, and Lucas did the same with me.

"Here," Lucas offered, "let me carry something for you, Riles," he said.

"I got it. Thank you, though," I said trying not to meet his emerald green gaze again, or else I'd spill.

"You sure?" he asked uncertain.

"I'm positive," I said a little more harsh than I meant for it to sound.

"Ouch! What's wrong Riles? You always let me carry something," Lucas said now with worry written all over his face.

"Lucas, I'm fine! I just need to try and do things for myself every once in a while," I barked. I was just on one today. Someone help me!

"Okay, okay. Anyway, are we still on for Saturday?" he asked me with a twinkle in his eye.

"Yes, Lucas, we are still on for our date Saturday," I said calmly. I grabbed my history book and shut my locker. Lucas extended his arm out to me and I gladly accepted it. We walked to class together and talked until the bell rang to start class.

"Okay, class. Today, we will be studying about the Civil War," my dad said. "First off, who was the president of the South during the Civil War?" Farkle raised his hand.

"Jefferson Davis," Farkle answered.

"Correct, Farkle," my dad answered. "Who was the president of the North during the Civil War?" I raised my hand. "Yes, Riley?"

"Abraham Lincoln," I answered.

"Correct, Riley," my dad said proudly. "Now who can tell me what they know about the Civil War." Lucas raised his hand. "Thank you Mr. Friar."

"The Civil War was a war that we fought against ourselves," Lucas started. "It was a war between the North and the South. The South was known as the Confederacy, and the North was known as the Union. The Union general was Ulysses S. Grant, and the Confederate general was Robert E. Lee. One of the Union Generals, William T. Sherman, marched through Atlanta, Georgia, and destroyed it. His march became known as Sherman's March to Sea. Lee surrendered to Grant on July 4, 1865 at the Appomattox Courthouse in Appomattox, Virginia. Lincoln was president at the time, but he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre. He died two days later."

"Thank you for that descriptive talk about the Civil War, Mr. Friar," my dad said. With that, he handed us notes on the Civil War. "I will assign you partners for this assignment. Maya, you will be with Farkle. Riley, you will be with Lucas. Sarah, you will be with Darby. Missy, you will be with Brenda. Billy, you will be with Myzell. Your assignment is to create a poster about the Civil War and write an essay describing what's on your poster. You may bring props, but NO fireworks are anything like that!"

So, Lucas and I got together and started working on our details. We had at least 10 written down before the bell rang to go to Mr. Johnson's class. I was still not ready to tell Maya about the dream, let alone Lucas.

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