third chapter! finally! timetofly: its third person limited to Sam, i think it sounds a lot better, hope you do too.
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Sam pushed open the cafeteria door with full force and quickly stomped down the aisle to an empty table, Meggie trying hard to keep up. It was raining outside, which had already told Sam that it was going to be a bad day the minute she woke up.
"I can't believe it! How could he drop my grade from a 'B' to a 'D' because of ONE test!?" Sam screamed, her face red from anger and embarrassment. Meggie had never seen her so frustrated.
"Sam, you're being unreasonable, that test was worth a lot of points…I think there's something else bothering you," Meggie concluded after half an hour of trying to calm her down.
"No there isn't!" Sam said, harshly.
"You don't have to tell me…"
"Good, 'cause there's nothing to tell."
"Fine."
"Fine."
The two sat in silence as the cafeteria grew louder around them. They hadn't yelled at each other since Sam had picked a cute boy over Meggie when picking groups for a project. Sam knew Meggie was positive something else was bothering her, and she was right.
Sam had, overall, been having a bad day, but the problem had started last night. She was confused and scared, and didn't know if she could tell anyone about….No, she would keep it to herself. It was possible that she was just imagining it all...
Sam looked up to find Meggie talking to Dan, who checked in on them during school from time to time. It got on her nerves. She wasn't sure if he checked on her to make sure she was okay, or if he just wanted to talk to Meggie. They stopped giving each other rude and immature comments and became friends after the accident, in an attempt to make things easier for Sam. They got along really well, to everyone's surprise. Sam knew that her brother liked Meggie a little more differently than she liked him, but kept her mouth shut about it.
"Hey Dan," she said after a minute of watching them talk.
"Hey, you ok?"
"Um," she shot Meggie a glare, "yeah, I'm fine."
"Sam…," Meggie started.
"Meggie," Sam accepted.
They smiled at each other. The argument was settled.
Meggie raised her eyebrows, and Sam understood.
"Later," she eyed Dan.
He looked away. When first seeing this form of communication (that was "only possible if you're a girl", Sam had told him) was annoyed and frustrated by it. He wasn't really a nosey person, but when it came to his sister, he'd go to extremes to keep her safe- much to Sam's annoyance. It still bothered him some, she could tell, and was trying to ignore it.
"I'll see you guys later," he said as he stood up and went to sit a table full of seniors that were laughing loudly, and throwing things at each other.
"So, what is it," Meggie said quietly.
"Um…you're not going to believe this…you're going to think I'm crazy…I really think I might be going insane, yeah, maybe that's it…it could've been a dream, I was up really late last night…"
"Sam," Meggie said sternly, "What is it?"
Sam looked up at her, and something in Meggie's eyes told her that she would understand.
"I think…I think I can read things out of books," she said so quietly, she wasn't sure Meggie had heard her.
The look on her face told Sam she had heard her, loud and clear. But it wasn't the look she had been expecting.