Chapter 4

A month had gone by since the Mt. Abraham Mall Car Park Collapse, and all of the survivors were working at getting their lives back to normal. A lot of them were bothered by the fact that, had Genevieve not already seen them all die, they would all actually be dead.

By now, Justin was using this shared experience with Morgan to get even closer with him, and Morgan was using the experience as musical inspiration. May acted like she didn't care about what happened, but she cried herself to sleep nearly every night reliving it in her mind. Andrea looked at this as God giving her a chance at a second life-a chance she was not about ready to take advantage of.

Alec and Katarine's lives were much improved, thanks to Genevieve saving their lives. Alec realized that life is too short to continue holding grudges, and his ex-wife moved back in shortly after. Their family was quickly piecing back together.

Courtney still kept in contact with Genevieve regularly, and she took comfort in Genevieve letting her know that she had left the lot before the collapse in her vision, and that she would've survived anyway. In fact, Gen apologized to Courtney. Had Gen not made Courtney extend her stay in the lot, she wouldn't have had to witness the crash, and her car wouldn't have gotten destroyed. Courtney told her to take her apology back, because had she not stayed, Gen wouldn't have been able to persuade the others to leave as well. Better her car get crushed than several people.

Seb had been the only person who hadn't started to recover yet. His sister was mentally scarred, and his best friend was dead. Without Marco, life just didn't feel normal for him. He was beginning to feel like it never would.

It was the end of June, so St. Mary High School was holding their annual end of the year soccer game. This was just a fun little event in which the senior boys on the school's soccer team face off against teachers of each of their choices. The game was a good opportunity to face off against teachers they hated, or have fun and friendly competition with the teachers they loved. It was also just entertaining for the senior class, and for the cheerleaders to have one last cheer as a team.

Genevieve decided against attending, but she convinced Seb that it would be good for him to get out of the house, so he, Justin, and Morgan went, despite none of them being enrolled in the school.

Andrea and May had had never been so ready to perform in their lives. It was their first cheer since they nearly died, and the last cheer they'll ever do together. There was no way they were half ass-ing anything anymore. These two girls were prepared.

"Best part of the game," Sebastien howled once the cheerleaders began their dancing.

The teachers spent a lot of the time getting absolutely killed by the seniors, despite their going easy on them. It wasn't until the seniors were up by sixteen goals that something interesting actually happened. Mr. Johns-one of the school's theology teachers-was running to steal the ball as it was being passed to Julian Spader-the student who had chosen Mr. Johns to play for the teachers team, as they two never got along. Johns stepped on his own shoelace, ultimately untying it and tripping over his own feet. He ignored his cleats and continued to play normally.

"I have no fucking idea who that person was, but watching him fall right then was the highlight of my day," Justin chortled.

"Johns. Close-minded religious douche bag. That was probably the highlight of everyone on this field's day." Seb laughed, patting Justin on the back, before getting a closer look at Mr. Johns. "His lace is untied, is that safe?"

"The only person he'll end up hurting is himself, no worries."

"Are you sure?"

"What's the worst that can happen?"

"Go seniors! Go! Go! Go seniors! Go!" The cheerleaders chanted. "Go seniors! Go! Go! Go seniors! Go!" As they continued to cheer and sing, the squad began flipping around and doing their stunts, stacking up on top of each other to get into pyramid position.

"That ball is mine, Spader," muttered Johns under his breath, chasing the now free soccer ball, which was dangerously close to the pyramid. Missing it, Johns kicked with his right foot as hard and forcefully as he possibly could. This caused him to fall backward, and his cleat to fly off of his foot just as Andrea got comfortable on top of the pyramid.

The bottom of the cleat managed to hit Andrea in the back of the head, knocking her face first onto the ground with a scream that would make any person's hair stand on end. This sent a horrified chill and a loud gasp throughout the field and the viewers. The game quickly came to a halt as the rest of the pyramid tried to maintain their balance on top of one another. It was extremely difficult for them, though had they given up and fallen, more than just one person could have gotten seriously injured. The cleat still rested on the back of Andrea's head, and had slightly impaled her scalp's skin, which was the reason it was still on her.

Within seconds, the next two cheerleaders that were beneath her on the pyramid dropped, and just as Andrea began lifting her head, they crashed on top of her. This forced the cleat into her skull, killing her instantly.