Chapter 1 : An Eventful Morning

The siblings Jesse and Jess are sound asleep in their warm and soft beds.
Jess always somehow wakes up minutes before the alarm clock.
When she glances at it's red numbers, her vision adjusts quickly for her to see she has three minutes left of sleep.

She sighs and falls back on her pillow, but something prevents her from shutting her eyes.

I just remembered...I have to present today in class.

"Argh!" Jess rubs her eyes and gets out of bed before remembering something else.

I didn't finish the poster either!

"What's happening to me?" She walks to the bathroom and flicks the light on just in time to hear the alarm clock go off.

Jesse looks at herself in the mirror and says, "Ready to screw up today?"
The mirror smiles back at her. "I like the attitude."

She washes her face and brushes her teeth. Her brother comes in as she leaves.

"I noticed the poster unfinished. I may help if you'd like," Jesse offers as he holds the door frame and looks at Jess.

Jess stops and turns around beaming at Jesse, "Would you?!"
"Sure. I like helping out...I'm brutally used to it," he looks into the distance.

Jess nods and turns away to get dressed.

After locking the door, both siblings make their way to the bus station where a small group of other kids stand.

Jess sighs causing her to see her own breath. It was a cold morning and now Jesse was shaking slightly due to that.

Jesse's eyes wander to the black spots on the cement below him.
Gum
It wasn't rare that you'd find these anywhere.
He looks out at the road to see the bus approach at full speed.

Is that supposed to happen?
Too distracted to notice its speed, Jesse narrows his eyes at the bus driver.
What the heck?

Jess who was out of harms way, as well as the other panicked kids, pushes Jesse out of the way causing them both to fall back.

The bus crashes through the bench and into the house wall behind it.
The siblings run away from the crash just in time to see the flames rise up from the front of the bus.

Their eyes widen at the thought of not dying.
Their heart races and breathing is hard now.

In the distance, the honk of the fire truck is heard.
The lights were blaring as it approached the scene.

"Lets go. We're late for class," Jesse helps a traumatized Jess up and walks away.

They run through the entrance of the school along with the other kids who were present at the incident.
Running up the stairs was the hard part but explaining why they were late will be easy.
Panting but wide awake, they stood outside the classroom door.

The siblings control their breathing and open the door and walk in.
Once they do, a hundred eyes stare back at them and their messy hair.

Some of them snicker but others payed no attention.
What caught their eyes were the two new students standing at the very front of the class.

They both stared at the siblings curiously.

A red head and a blonde.

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