Nurse's office

"I think she is waking up now," said a voice I recognized but couldn't remember the name of the person. I started to open my eyes but the room was way too bright. Then the same voice said, "What's wrong, hun"

"It too bright in here, Where am I?" I asked.

"You're in the nurse's office," she said, "You don't remember what happened, do you?"

"Yeah I remember someone hit my head and then I fell and hit my head again on the floor," I paused for a moment and then continued, "Then I woke up and everyone was looking down at me, that's when I saw the person, then I passed out again,"

"David is that what happened?"

"Yeah that's basically it," Wait David's here. I must be dreaming.

"Can you open your eyes now, hun," asked the nurse. I opened my eyes and then I saw everyone- Mr. Fraley, David, the class, the guy that hit my head, Mom, Dad, the principal, Rachel/Rachelle, and Ivy.

"What is everyone doing here?" I asked.

"Well we were all worried so we came to see how you were feeling," said . He still sounds really fruity, why is that?

"Yeah we were all worried and so here we are," said Ivy. She sounded like she had some really good news to tell me but gave me that 'Later' look. I am still wondering why Mom and Dad are here. I thought they were working today.

"How do you feel?" asked the nurse.

"I'm okay but my head hurts like hell,"

"Well it will for a while," she turned to then guy that hit me with what ever he though, "What did you say you though again?"

"Uuuuhhh…I threw a hardback book at her I was trying to hit someone else," he said. I heard faint little gasps coming from every where. What so wrong, I mean I'm still alive.

"Okay, and what did you say your name was again," asked the nurse.

"Uuuuhhh… Jacob," he said in a mumbling voice. I'm guessing he didn't want me to hear, but I heard anyway.

Then the nurse asked, "Jacob what?"

"Jacob Evans," he said. Once he said his last name all I could think about was that night. the night with IT as the main character. The movie began in my head. I saw everything, from me getting drunk to the police scaring everyone and then running away.

"Melinda what's wrong," asked Mom, "Why are you breathing so hard," Once Mom said that I realized that I was breathing hard. I tried to slow my breathing back to normal.

"Nothing, nothing's wrong," I lied. They weren't convinced. I could tell by the looks on their faces.

After what seemed like eternity I was able to leave that claustrophobic, little room. Now its time for Melinda to go home and order pepperoni and mushroom pizza. But of coarse Mom absolutely had to cook tonight. Something is not right; please tell me they have good news. Mom warmed up the food and we all sat down at the kitchen table. It has been a couple of year since we all sat at the table. Something is really wrong.

"Uuuuhhh, Melinda how was your first day back at school," Dad asked.

"Great until I got pelted with a hardback book," we sat in silence for a little while. I started to stir my mashed potatoes and corn together.

"So do you like all of your teachers?" Mom asked.

"The ones I met so far yeah their okay,"

"What do you mean the ones you met so…" Dad started to say then he remembered what had happened today. So for the rest of the meal we all sat in silence.

After I cleaned up my mess I sprinted up to my room. I shut the door easily and jumped onto my bed. I rolled over onto my back to look at my ceiling. It was white while the rest of my room was a pale yellow with roses going around the top of my wall. It has been this way since I was five. Heather offered to paint it last year but I didn't want it painted. She wanted it to yell Heather but I wanted it to say Melinda not yell it. Some time while I was thinking I fell asleep. I had a dream about that Jacob kid, wait it wasn't a dream it was a nightmare.