Or maybe just my face.Rebecca gasped. Riley said, “Who?”“Prudence Collingsworth. In her room. It was unlocked and she hadn’t put up a fight.�...Molly shook her head, “Pru. My god, Pru.”Emma said, “Poor little thing.”Rebecca and Rosie turned pale. Miss Melanie suddenly had red blotches on her porcelain cheeks. Everyone was shaken.Marshal Autry, credit due, didn’t blame me. “You can’t guard fifty girls round the clock.”I knew he was concerned about the latest killing on several fronts. The poor girl. This girl is one of the cooler people I had met in a while, regardless of her age. Why should I feel bad? She grabbed her full shot glass and raised it again, grabbing the Dr Pepper with her other hand, getting it ready. “I did the last toast, so it’s your turn” she said. Without really thinking it through, I just blurted out “cheers to that dress you are wearing” and took my time looking her up and down before tipping my head back and downing the shot. Five minutes prior, I would have found. Iknew it was April Fools Day, so I knew some harmless pranks were going tohappen today. But, and this is what I didn't expect as I opened my deskto get my crayons for coloring, I saw an enormus spider! I was so scaredthat I screamed at the top of my lungs. Everyone started to laugh. I wasso embarassed. The teacher started to get madder and madder."Michael! (Michael was my name, unfortunately) I will not tollerate thisbehavour! TO THE PRINCIPALS OFFICE!!!!! And as for the rest of you!. Mom and Dad had just removed the stone that had halted our boulder’s natural progress, spurred on by gravity.Of course that analogy breaks down almost immediately. If the balancing stone is removed, the boulder just falls over and lies there. It becomes just another boulder on a flat plane.That’s not what happened to us. Our lives from that point on were very dynamic.It was weird. Everything changed ... but nothing changed. I’ll try to explain.Our daily lives were just as they had always been..