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"Something smells good " I hear the voice of my grandmother as she walks into the kitchen
" brownies " I answer her, cutting off the ones I had on the tray into squares once they already cooled down
"I can see that " she walked over setting her purse on the counter She was already dressed in her scrubs ready for work " couldn't sleep " she guessed with a knowing look
" How'd you know?" I ask looking up at her
" your mom did the same thing, she preferred cookies though, I remember when she had to take her geometry test, this kitchen was filled with cookies there wasn't a spot on these counters that didn't have a tray of cookies on them. The house smelled like cookies for weeks, your grandfather didn't complain " she chuckled at the memory. I smiled picturing it " so what's your reason?"
I let out a deep sigh " I just can't shake off this feeling about the car fire, I don't know maybe I'm just having PTSD or something. "
Dawn Cromwell frowned walking over she hugged her granddaughter.
"Everything will be just fine, it was just a freak accident" She says to her, but it was more to herself "Now go on and get some sleep, you still have a few hours until school ill clean this up. "
looking over at clock I saw the time 5:15 I rubbed my eye feeling exhaustion take over " fine" I reluctantly agreed knowing I would have to ride a bike to school and being tired wasn't going to go well with that.
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"you're alive !!!!" Glancing over I see Camden Lahey jogging over to me a big grin stretched out across his face
" so you heard " I sigh rubbing the tiredness from my eye. walking towards the school with Camden right beside me as we walked inside everyone began staring at me as the whispers began, here we go
" of course I heard, I overheard 3 different kids talking about it just in the parking lot, they all had different stories though, my favorite one was of you driving fast in the school parking lot and your managed to make your car roll over twice which made your car catch on fire—please tell me that one real " he finished causing me to snort amused . it amazed me what people managed to make up
" I wish it was that cool, can you hold this for me, " I asked handing him a small container I had filled with brownies, he grabbed a hold of it as I began my locker combination grabbing,
