#Chapter7

At the end of the day, Nicole leaned against a locker completely zoned out. She watched blankly as students filled the halls getting ready to leave the hell hole... until the next morning, really.

The students talked to their friends, took things in or out of their lockers, guys got ready for football practice, walked in and out of change rooms, rushed out of class and crowded the hallways.

Nicole could see their mouths moving but couldn't hear a thing. Her mind was blank. She was completely zoned out, not paying attention to a thing or even thinking about anything.

She zoned back into reality when she felt a...