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promise you that we'll actually be able to contact the ghost. Only my grandmother ever did that successfully. And she didn't do it often."
                  "That's okay," I said. "I happen to know that the supernatural can be unreliable. I'm still in."
                  "Thanks," Bryony said, smiling a little. "I'm really glad you're going to do this with me. I didn't want to do it alone. And thanks for being okay about the whole ghost thing to begin with. A lot of people would have freaked out."
                  "Don't worry," I said. "I've heard of things a lot stranger than ghosts. And it's possible it won't be necessary—my friend may have some idea of what's going on. He may even be able to find your grandmother."
                  "I hope so," Bryony said.
                  We began to walk toward the school, and as we reached the front doors, Bryony stopped and looked around.
                  "It's weird how few people are around," she said. "Usually everyone's going in and out all the time."
                  She paused. "Do you hear something?"
                  "It sounds like voices," I said.
                  The two of us walked around the side of the building, and we saw a crowd gathered at a little distance. Everyone appeared to be clustered around the library—a large, square structure that stuck out from the side of the school and was enclosed on all sides by glass—even on the side that sat inside the building. It was the one place in school where no one could hide what they were doing. I supposed it had been designed that way for a reason.
                  As we approached the crowd, I spotted Charisse and Branden standing toward the back, and we made our way over to them.
                  "Hey, guys," I said. "What's going on?"
                  From his towering height, Branden could see over most of the crowd, and he was the one who answered.
                  "There's a car," he said. "It crashed into the side of the library. Went right through the glass. I bet it's a mess in there."
                  "A car?" Bryony said. "Is anybody hurt?"
                  "I don't think so," Charisse replied. "They're saying that nobody was in the library when it happened. They think it was done overnight. And the driver of the car has disappeared."
                  "Do they know who it was?" I asked.
                  Branden shook his head. "Whoever it was probably ran off. They're searching the school right now."
                  "Are we allowed to go in?" Bryony asked.
                  "I don't know," Branden said. "I'd rather be out here. Although, it's possible you could get a better view from inside the library hallway."
                  "Maybe they'll cancel classes," he added hopefully.
                  A few moments later, the assistant principal appeared and announced that we were all to go to the auditorium. Once that was full, we were to go to the cafeteria.
                  With a great deal of grumbling, the crowd turned and went inside through the front doors.
                  Charisse, Branden, Bryony, and I all wound up in the auditorium. While we waited, the school was searched by the police, and eventually an announcement was made that no intruders had been found.
                  We were allowed to go on to our classes, and the police were going to maintain a presence at the school for the rest of the day, just in case anything else out of the ordinary happened.
                  Rumors swirled around in the halls, and everyone had a theory as to what had happened. A drunk driver, a disgruntled former student, and terrorists were the three most popular potential culprits, and as I made way to the cafeteria later in the afternoon, the