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s s o on a s K ev in g ets h ere , h e'l l f in d y ou, tr u st m e."
W e d id n't h av e to w ait lo ng.
R yan a n d I w ere o nly h alf w ay th ro ugh o ur f ir s t d an ce w hen a h uge c ra sh e ch oed th ro ugh th e g ym .
T here w as a r a p id s u ccessio n o f lo ud p ops, a lm ost lik e g unsh ots , th at s e n t k id s s c re am in g a n d d iv in g u nder th e r e fre sh m en t ta b le . I w atc h ed th e p unch b ow l p lu m met
to th e f lo or, s p la sh in g r e d liq uid e v ery w here .

B ut it w asn 't a g un th at h ad m ad e th e p oppin g s o unds; it w as b allo ons. H undre d s o f th em . W hate v er h ad h ap pen ed h ad s e n t th e h uge b allo on a rc h s w oopin g to th e
g ro und. I w atc h ed a s o ne w hite b allo on e sc ap ed th e c arn ag e a n d r o se in to th e r a fte rs o f th e g ym .
I lo oked o ver a n d s a w s e v era l o f th e te ach ers r u nnin g f o r th e d oors .
W hic h w ere n 't th ere a n ym ore .
T hat w as b ecau se a s ilv er L an d R over h ad c ra sh ed th ro ugh th em .
K ev in B rid ges s ta g gere d o ut o f th e d riv er's s e at. H e'd c u t b oth h is f o re h ead a n d h is h an d, a n d w as b le ed in g o n th e s h in y h ard w ood a s h e b ello w ed , " F elic ia !
F E LIC IA !"
" H oly c ra p ," R yan m urm ure d .
K ev in 's d ate , C aro lin e R eed , s c ra m ble d o ut o f th e p asse n ger s id e. S he w as s o bbin g. " H e's c ra zy !" s h e s h rie k ed . " H e w as f in e, a n d th en th ere w as th is lig ht a n d . . .
a n d . . ." S he b ro ke o ff in to m ore h yste ric s, a n d I f e lt s ic k to m y s to m ach .
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" F E LIC IA !" K ev in c o ntin ued to s c re am , w ild ly s e arc h in g th e g ym . I lo oked a ro und a n d s a w F elic ia h id in g u nder o ne o f th e ta b le s, h er e y es h uge.
I w as c are fu l th is tim e, I th ought. I 'm b ette r a t th is n ow !
K ev in f o und F elic ia a n d y an ked h