I stared mindlessly at the clock hanging near the door of the history class. School was almost out and I couldn't wait. Seb and I were going to head to the beach after school gets out, something we hadn't done at all.

The seconds hand seemed to be moving by very slowly. Seriously, if I counted the seconds passing by in my head, it would go by a lot faster than this.

To make things worse, my teacher was going on and on about a war we already learned about, even though our final exam was yesterday. There really was no point in listening.

I looked around the classroom, getting...