Intuits a prank

The closer I got to my locker, the more obvious that it was. Sophia and the others were all loitering, not next to my locker, and they were pretending not to have noticed me, but I could see small glances in my direction, the tiniest smirk on Emma's face.

I could smell something rank from more than sixty feet away. How hadn't a teacher noticed?

For a moment I thought that they were just going to have me open my locker to something horrible, but even videotaping me retching wouldn't justify all the effort they'd put into it. I glanced at them again, and I caught Emma making a small signal to Sophia to get ready.

My mind raced, and it was almost like I'd heard that ticking sound again, and then it all became clear.

How stupid did they think I was?

Did they really think that I was going to walk up to the locker like a lamb to the slaughter, ignoring all the evidence that my senses were giving me and let them push me in? They really had to think that I was dense.

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