![]() ![]() Ryan outside to where Jenny had landed spread-eagled. "Yes! She landed on the sidewalk in front of the building!" "Jenny just jumped off the roof," said Lanie. Ryan said when he saw the two girls who'd barged into his office. Ryan!" they said when they burst through the door. Lanie and Rachel rushed downstairs to the front office. She saw Jenny land hard onto the sidewalk below with a sickening crack! "Oh, shit." She'd done it! Jenny had actually jumped off the roof of the building! Lanie ran up to the edge and looked down below. And with that, Jenny jumped off the edge of the building. Jenny turned to take one last look at Lanie and Rachel (who was just poking her head out the trapdoor). "Jenny, no, don't!" Lanie said as she scrambled up through the trapdoor and onto the roof. Jenny would never have thought this would be the last thing she ever saw, but it would have to suffice. It was quite the sight to see-the street below her and the buildings and city blocks that went out as far as the eye could see. She climbed up onto the edge of the roof and looked down below her. "I have no choice." She climbed up through the roof's trapdoor and onto the roof itself. She and Rachel took off at a run for the ladder, where Jenny had already reached the top. Lanie and Rachel both froze in their tracks when they realized what Jenny was really doing. She came to the building's ladder onto the roof at started climbing. Lanie and Rachel took off down the hall after Jenny. Lanie and Rachel went out into the hallway and looked for Jenny. She looked at the dorm's door where Jenny had gone. But I just don't think there's anything else I can do." You've been really nice to me, and really brave, and.I'm so glad you tried to help me. If you give it time, then things might get better." ![]() "But just because it looks bad now, doesn't mean it'll be this way forever. "I didn't ask for any of this! I didn't want my family to be killed, or Angelina to turn me into a girl, or to be ran out of Nashville, or." "Yes I do! I just." Jenny started to cry again. "Even if I did find some other middle school, it wouldn't be any different." Ryan about transferring to another school." "I've got to tell you, Jenny, I don't think you should keep going to that middle school," said Lanie. "I did," Jenny answered, "But then Ben Snipes called me a snitch." "Have you talked to any teachers about this?" Rachel asked. "He said no one would notice if I just disappeared tomorrow." "You know that boy I told you about, Ben Snipes-he beat me up today at lunch. Rachel's smile faded when she saw how miserable Jenny was. "But Jenny said she needs to talk to us." There, they found Rachel lying on her bed reading a book. Lanie took Jenny upstairs to her and Rachel's bedroom. "I need to talk to you and Rachel," said Jenny. Why." Lanie trailed off when she noticed that Jenny's eyes were red-rimmed, and there were tear marks on her cheeks. "His family wanted to meet me, so I went over for dinner." "At Conner Hawkins' house," Lanie answered. Lanie entered the Orphanage For All Ages and ran into Jenny in the foyer. It had been a great evening for Lanie, but it was about to get ruined big-time. They were very hospitable to her, and they made a really tasty dinner of pasta and vegetables. In turn, Lanie took great joy in meeting Conner's family. They found Lanie to be very sweet and likeable. ![]() Conner's mom, and his two little brothers, and their cute little Chihuahua had all loved Lanie. She was walking home from Conner's house, where she'd gone to have dinner and get to know the rest of his family. It happened on Friday evening, just shy of a week after her first date with Conner. Naturally, that meant something would end up going wrong for Lanie. It was as if nothing could go wrong for her anymore. Lanie had thought getting to hang out with Diana's clique felt great, but it was nothing compared to having a boyfriend. Neither of them had been particularly famous at school before, so it felt great to be treated like celebrities. Both Conner and Lanie loved the attention and soaked it in. Heads in the hallways turned whenever they saw Conner and Lanie walking together. From that point on, it seemed like all anyone could talk about at school was the fact that Conner Hawkins was now dating that girl Lanie Evans, who'd just came in out of nowhere and surprised everyone with her charm and her good looks. ![]()
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