The remainder of the day was demon free.  Except for my Spanish teacher but he is ruthless when it comes to Spanish grammar.  Jennifer disappeared right before the bell, took all her stuff with her and everything.  To ensure I was not going to get another unwanted surprise, I let her walk it out and do as her non beating heart desired.  Jackson waited at the archway for me.  His little head was bouncing from left to right, left to right, left to right but in a very loose and relaxed way.  It was as if he had no control at all of his body or its actions.  I just want my little brother back, even with all his annoying burps and farts, barging into my room, eavesdropping on me, all of it.  I want it all back.We began our walk home without Jennifer, she was nowhere to be found.  She could have been flying a rocket

It turns out that the migraine and the immense disorientation it came with was the least of my problems.  Because of the light sensitivity, I left the lights off in the bathroom, only moonlight came through the small window adjacent to the shower.  Barely able to see, I cranked the hot knob to maximum heat and waited the brief seconds it took for the water to turn into clear lava. Entering slowly, careful not to slip, I lowered my body to the ground, sitting on my knees allowing the molten hot water to batter my head and neck.  The pain from the migraine was replaced with rushes of air flowing through my sinuses allowing me to breath and put out the internal fire consuming my skull. At this moment, I was at peace.  No pain, no trauma, just pure relaxation.  The moon continued to gently illuminate my surroundings as the steam from show

Considering how the start of my stealthy sneak attack began, my hopes for a full-on successful mission were as low as the dog poop I squished into the ground.  Almost certainly, I had tweaked every muscle in my upper body in my fruitless attempt to regain my balance and maintain my secretive movements.  All that aside, the fat bald man was still in a coma of sleep that one could only dream of; pure blissful sleep.You must keep in mind, my dear reader, that I was purely taking this stranger for his word or at least for the word he had scribbled on that sheet of paper, TANNELL.  Most of the population knew of Mrs. Tannell, her reputation did not precede her.  Any whack job with a sharpie could make a sketchy sign trying to lure a child into his windowless van.My life had been a rollercoaster of fear and despair for the last week, so I was willing to risk it all to see if this sleeping slob was able to help or protect me.  If things went horribl

Acting as casual as possible, I entered the school with a saddened look on my face.  My hope was that admin would lay off of me and let me slide with minimal excuses.  The problem was Mr. Kell was running the front desk right now.  Mr. Kell had been at the school almost as long as Mrs. Tannell and he was a crotchety old man.  Rumor has it, he scolded a young girl for coming in late with a doctor’s note and a cast on both arms after she had been hit by a car.  Poor girl went to the doctor, got her arms worked on, and still came to school on the same day.  Mr. Kell was ruthless.I slowly crept into the school still working on my plan as I had no doctor’s note and really had not even settled on a story to tell this living dinosaur.  Immediately, I could feel his laser beam eyes

Todd woke up with quite the startle, I suppose my panicked state did not help in the slightest.  I tugged on his arm with a franticness that would scare the living daylights out of any unsuspecting person.  No surprise to me, Todd was yet again covered in a variety of sugary remnants and slathered in mucus mixed drool.  His eyes were glazed over just like the pack of half-eaten donuts in the passenger seat.  Once he realized I was not a goblin that was going to rip his heart out while it was still beating, he reverted back to the calm.and collected Todd of old.I said, "I just left school, Mrs. Tannell is not there.  We have a substitute.  She hasn't missed a day of school in over a decade."Todd leaned back and pulled off theater data from his fancy equipment in the back of the van.  After analyzing it for what seemed like an