When Rose Wakes
“Gusts of wind changed the direction of the falling rain, whipping at her, pattering off of her not-quite-waterproof jacket. The weatherman had claimed Boston had already reached fifty-five degrees, despite the rain, but with the wind and the damp and the cold gray skies, the day felt like a warning shot from winter.
The cold seeped down to her bones as she walked up the front steps of St. Bridget’s school with other students who seemed similarly grim thanks to the rain. Dour faces hid beneath hoods and under umbrellas. But once Rose reached the door and hauled it open, fighting the wind, she forgot all about the rain and the churning gray sky. She stepped inside and closed her umbrella and forced herself not to hang her head. The people who had passed the photo of her around, forwarding it on their cell phones, they were the ones who should be ashamed.
At least she wouldn’t have to see Courtney today, not if the rumors were to be believed. Even before the end of the day yesterday, the... rumors had started to spread that Courtney had been suspended from school.MoreLess
The cold seeped down to her bones as she walked up the front steps of St. Bridget’s school with other students who seemed similarly grim thanks to the rain. Dour faces hid beneath hoods and under umbrellas. But once Rose reached the door and hauled it open, fighting the wind, she forgot all about the rain and the churning gray sky. She stepped inside and closed her umbrella and forced herself not to hang her head. The people who had passed the photo of her around, forwarding it on their cell phones, they were the ones who should be ashamed.
At least she wouldn’t have to see Courtney today, not if the rumors were to be believed. Even before the end of the day yesterday, the... rumors had started to spread that Courtney had been suspended from school.MoreLess
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