HOW WE GOT BACK SENIOR YEAR LAURA

When I woke up, my head throbbed, and my vision was blurry. The rough fabric of a car seat pressed against my cheek, and the air smelled like gasoline and sweat. I tried to move, but my arms felt like lead. "Jess..." I croaked, my voice barely audible.

"She's waking up," a voice muttered, sharp and unfamiliar.

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"She better stay out," another snapped.

Jess was beside me, her face pale and streaked with tears. She whispered something to me, her voice urgent but muffled, like it was coming from underwater. "Laura, listen... You need to run. You have to run, okay? As soon as you can, go!"

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Her words barely registered before the car jolted, throwing me against the door. The pain in my head intensified, and I felt the darkness creeping in again.

The next thing I knew, I was outside. The cold air bit at my skin, and the world swayed unsteadily. I didn't remember how I got there. Did I kick someone? Did they push me out? "Focus, Laura," I whispered to myself, trying to stay upright. My

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head was pounding, and my thoughts felt sluggish, like they were swimming through molasses.

tree bark as I made my way through the woods. Jess. He still had

burned through the fog in my mind, keeping me moving even as my legs felt like they

1. me.

I whispered, the name

trees gave way to a road, and headlights suddenly blazed in the distance, cutting through the darkness. The light was too bright, stabbing into my eyes and making

more.

arms as high as 1

word barely

the asphalt. I tried to stay standing, tried to

skin. Someone was shouting, their voice urgent and

I forced the words out,

and the edges of my vision were darkening. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't keep

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open any longer.

a hand on

was frantic, familiar, but I couldn't place it. Everything was slipping away, fading into

as my eyes fluttered open. The harsh white light of the hospital room blurred everything-around me.

me, her face pinched with worry, her

scraping like sandpaper. Then

1. me.

Jess.

God," I croaked, trying to sit up, panic surging through me.

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stirred him, because, Josh shot upright from the couch across the room. His disheveled hair stuck up in every direction, his shirt wrinkled from where he must have fallen asleep. His eyes found mine, and in an instant, he was by

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