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"This Really Happened" Chapter 4 As the thunder roared, Stacey sat straight up in bed breathing heavily. Sweat poured down her face, tears from her eyes. She took a moment to regain her breath. Blinking, she looked at the clock. Three fifty-five in the morning, it read. Stacey lay back down. She tried to remember what had just happened. Blurred images came back to her. Someone running into her in the hall, a party, a plan, and a crazy guy who threatened to kill her played out in her head. Had it all been a dream? She tried to remember the last real thing that had happened. She couldn�t recall a thing. �It was a dream,� she thought in her head. �It was a dream!� she cried out loud. Unable to sleep, Stacey took a long, hot shower and got herself ready for the day. She pulled up in front of Green Valley High School at exactly 7:54 A.M. She ran to her first period class. �Safe,� she thought as she heard the bell ring. The day went by in a blur for Stacey. She was deeply disturbed by the nightmare. How could something that real be only a dream? She walked with Dan to lunch still in a trance. �What�s bothering you, Stace?� he asked her as they sat at their normal table. �It�s this dream I had last night,� she began as she told him the whole thing. �That�s crazy. Who would want to kill you?� Dan laughed as he turned back to his food. �Yeah, he�s right,� Stacey thought. �It was only a dream.� Stacey and Dan grabbed their books and walked to their English class. They sat in their seats and waited for class to begin. Stacey let the nightmare be. She didn�t let herself think any more of it. He watched them from the back of the room. �Look at them. They walk in here like they own the place. They think they�re all that. Well I�ll show them. That gorgeous face doesn�t fool me for a second. She�ll be perfect for my little game. He�ll have to go though. Can�t have him wrecking our perfect life together. Who says that a petty little freshman can�t have the most popular girl on campus? I�ll show them all. Yes. I will.� THE END!
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