Chapter 12

I squeal my heart out.

"Congrats, Alli." The lady says.

I run back to the front of the place and see Kennedy and Ellie there.

"Hey, guys!" I yelled.

"Alli!" Ellie yelled, "I passed!"

I smile and laugh.

"Me too!" Kennedy yells.

Susan runs out of the room.

"I passed!" She roared.

I run to hug her tightly as she returned the hug. Joe runs to me.

"Where did you get that burn?" He asks me.

"Clumsy." I reply.

"Is there something going on at home?" Joe asks.

I shake my head.

"Did you pass?" Joe asks quietly.

I nod.

"You?" I ask him.

He nods. We run back to the crowd.

"Did you pass?" Jonathan asks me on the way back to the crowd.

"Yea. You?" I ask.

Jonathan nods. We shake hands and run with Joe to the crowd. The crowd rushes towards me.

"What's the rush?" I joke, but nobody thought it was funny.

"We all passed!" Susan yelled.

"Joe told me you passed!" Ellie yelled with excitement.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Kennedy asks me.

I shake my head. We run to Kennedy's house and jump into her pool with a loud thud.  The boys run towards the basketball court. Kennedy and Ellie run towards the water slide. Susan and I decide to stay in the middle of the huge pool and play catch.

"Let's play a game!" Susan announces to everyone.

Joe drops his basketball and runs over to us. Kennedy and Jonathan follow. They are followed by Thomas, Ellie, and Cristian. Jonathan holds the ball.

"Which game is this?" Joe asks.

"A game of secrets. Tell your secrets." Susan replies.

Jonathan says, "I have a sister named Suzannah."

He passes the ball to Joe. Is Joe going to tell?

"I have a crush on someone." Joe whispered.

Joe passes the ball to me.

"My mom died when I was 10." I say.

"Game over!" Kennedy announces.

My phone rings. I answer it.

"Where's my lunch?!" Father yells into the phone.

I hang up the phone.

"Oh, shit." I mumble to myself.

I change into my clothes and sprint home. I open the door and run to the kitchen. I cook him a grilled cheese and climb out the window.

Father calls me again.

"Hello?" I ask.

"Where's lunch?" Father asks.

"I left it in the fridge." I lie.

I hang up the phone. I see Kennedy, running towards me. I know she might find out.

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