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At 3:05 the horn blared indicating a shift change at the chemical plant. Followed by a scream from above, and then someone . . . fell from the roof of the school.

A female. She slammed onto the hood of a parked SUV. The hood caved in under the girl’s weight, forcing the windshield to splinter but not shatter.

Nobody moved. It was like we were all frozen in place. Just couldn’t believe it . . . it was like something out of a movie. It didn’t seem real.

Caren was the first one who spoke, “Belinda! It’s Belinda!” she stumbled backwards and fell on the grass. I looked up and saw Mark Harris peering over the edge. Apparently I wasn’t the only one, someone shouted his name and that’s when he took off.

Eventually the cops came, the ambulance came and even the fire department. The paramedics checked those of us who were close by of the accident to make sure we were all right. I guess. It took me awhile but I was able to coax Deirdre away from the car so the paramedic could have a look at her. She hadn’t moved the whole time the cops had showed up. Stood there dazed, looking at Belinda.

“Hey Deirdre are you okay?” I asked softly.

She kept shaking her head, tears running down her face, but she never said a word.

Caren on the other hand was a different story; Kaye was taking care of her. Apparently her and Belinda were good friends.

“Randi, honey, are you okay?” my dad asked running up to me.

“Yeah, I guess.”

“Okay.” He gave me a hug, kissed the top of my head and asked, “are you okay enough to drive home?”

“Yeah.”

He looked over at Deirdre, “what about you?”

She didn’t say a word. “Dad, I’ll take her home.”

“Okay, good.” He looked over and saw Caren crying, “is Caren going to be okay?”

“I don’t know. Her and Belinda were pretty close.”

“Make sure she gets home. Tell your mother I won’t be home for dinner.”

“Okay.”

He left and began shouting to some officers on the scene. He went from dad to cop without missing a beat. In the meantime I sat with Deirdre and Kaye sat with Caren. I didn’t tell my dad about Mark because I figured he’d know soon enough and right now my friend needed me.