I sat at my locker, looking around for Valerie so I could finally tell her what had happened. Though I had tried to call her a million times over the weekend, she never picked up. I assumed she was just busy… but when the bell went for class to start and she still wasn’t here, I started to worry.
When lunch came around, I first went to the gym to see if she would be at her volleyball practice. She wasn’t.
So I walked to my locker quickly, looking around to see if I could spot Val.
But there was no luck.
Gale was waiting at my locker and grinned when he saw me. But his grin faded when he saw the worry on my face. “What’s wrong?” He asked. “Did Al-”
“I can’t find Val.”
Gale raised an eyebrow. “What do you mean?”
“She didn’t pick up any of my calls this weekend… which she never does… b
