Chapter 4-Strange Things Happen

"Hi Hay Lin. What's wrong?" Irma had been in a good mood until she had seen the look on her friends face. Hay Lin looked upset about something.

"Huh? Oh nothing", she said, a little quicker than she should have.

It was the day after Will had collapsed in the hallway. Irma still wasn't completely satisfied with the story Will had told them, but she didn't have much of a choice but to just except it until Will told her the truth.

Hay Lin looked around and saw Taranee approaching from behind, Cornelia close behind her.

No big, Hay Lin thought. I wish Will hadn't made me promise not to tell them. It so hard to not come out and tell them- oh no, she realized with a jolt. Taranee can read minds! Oh no, Taranee, you didn't hear any if that, did you?

"I heard every word", said Taranee defiantly. "And now I have one question: what did Will make you promise not to tell?"

Stupid, Hay Lin scolded herself. You knew Taranee could read minds, you should have been more careful!

"Too late to think of that now, isn't it?" Taranee pointed out.

"Get out of my head" said Hay Lin through gritted teeth.

"When did you talk to Will?" asked Irma. Even Cornelia looked curious. And worst of all, Hay Lin was trapped. Cornelia and Taranee to one side, Irma to the other. Now I know how Will felt, she thought desperately.

"Will made me promise not to tell", she said finally.

"Why?" asked Cornelia.

"And why did she come to you, and not any of us?" asked Irma.

"And why would she lie to us to begin with?" asked Taranee.

"What?" asked Irma and Cornelia at the same time.

"Come on", said Taranee simply. "She lied yesterday, didn't she Hay Lin? It was more than just the fact she got dizzy, wasn't it?" Hay Lin, a defeated look on her face, nodded. Taranee smiled, satisfied, but Irma and Cornelia still looked upset.

"But why did she go to you?" Irma was still having a hard time dealing with that one.

"Will, Will, please, hurry. I need you. Please"

BBBRRRIIINNNGGG!

Will snapped out of her world just as the bell rang, signaling the end of the day. She gathered up her school things, and made for her locker.

"Will"

Will had just gotten her locker open, when she heard her name. She looked around to find her friends standing there, all looking mad, except Hay Lin, who looked guilty.

"You told!" she cried, outraged.

"No!" yelled Hay Lin. "Well, not exactly. Taranee read my thoughts while I was thinking about it. They cornered me, I just told them that you made me promise not to tell!"

"And now you can tell us the rest", said Irma stubbornly.

Will looked around at her friends. "Lets go over to my place"

The walk over to Wills place was mostly uneventful, until they took a short cut through the woods that Will had recently discovered.

They were about halfway through the woods when it happened. A breeze swept over them, but it felt different. Strange, somehow. While Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hay Lin were looking around, they heard a groan from in front of them, and when they looked, they saw Will start to fall.

"Will!"

Irma and Hay Lin ran forward, and grabbed Will right before she hit the ground. "You okay?" asked Irma in a concerned voice. Will nodded, still a little woozy. Irma and Hay Lin looked at each other, both of them wearing equally concerned looks. Hay Lin leaned down and whispered to Will, "Maybe it's time you tell them"

Will finished her story, not daring to look her friends in the eye, because she knew they were all looking at her like she was crazy. And she didn't feel like seeing the looks. When she looked up though, she saw something worse: looks of concern on their faces. They were concerned for her sanity. Terrific. Even better.

"We don't think you're crazy", said Taranee suddenly.

"Get out of my head", said Will dully. The other girls looked confused, but decided not to say anything about it. Finally Irma said, "Well what do you think?"

"I don't know what to think!" said Will. "Why do you think I asked Hay Lin?"

"Good point", said Irma sensibly. For once she wasn't making jokes, and she seemed quite sincere.

"I know this might sound crazy-" Will started to say, but Cornelia cut her off.

"No, it all sounds like it makes complete sense", said Cornelia sarcastically. "You're hearing voices in your dreams, that makes sense"

"Cornelia!"

"I know this sounds crazy", Will started again, "But the voice sounds…familiar"

"You're right", said Irma. "Sounds crazy"

"Thanks", said Will sarcastically. "And you wonder why I went to Hay Lin, and not any of you"

"Who does it sound like?" asked Taranee. But Will just shook her head. She was more confused than ever now.

(if u enjoyed this, than I wont get any hate email for wat I'm about to say: I'm leavin in two days, and wont be updatin for a couple weeks or so, but please, don't kill me!)