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EIGHTY-FIVE | ECLIPSE
My head pounded as I rounded the corridor, the fluorescent lighting too white, too bright, as I broke into a jog. There was someone behind me, inching closer and closer –
I turned around. Nothing. The hallway was empty, lined with lockers on either side and devoid of anyone or anything that wasn’t supposed to be there. With that, the creeping sensation disappeared, and I breathed out a heavy sigh of relief.
I must have been imagining it. But, imagined stalker or not, I was still late for the assembly. With another, frustrated sigh, I sped off down the hall towards the assembly room.
Everyone turned to look at me as I entered. I shot the head teacher an apologetic smile, shutting the door quietly behind me. It creaked, and, for one everlasting, aching moment, I thought it may never stop. But eventually it did, and I slipped silently into a seat at the back of the room.
“We’ll w
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