Chapter 27

"Hey, did you hear about it?"

"What, what?"

"That rumor that's going around..."

I leaned in close to my two friends, Alicia and Caroline. Technically, we were supposed to be in the middle of class, but the professor hadn't arrived yet. We were seated near the back of the room, which was virtually empty, so our conversation wouldn't be overheard anyway. There was a quiet buzz in the room as everyone else focused on their own conversations, a buzz that would drown out our whispers if anyone did happen to be close enough to hear us. Alicia still looked around before she leaned close and whispered to us, her long blond hair another screen.

"There's this new chat line going around school. I didn't believe it when I first heard about it, but it's true! Can you believe it?" She broke into giggles, her blue eyes alight with delight, and Caroline and I started to nudge her to get her to go on.