i let him ramble on until he started repeating himself , and then i cut in . thats what mrs. k. says but i cant see myself like that . pressing a cold hand on the window , i gulped as black storm clouds swallowed the view , sending me into darkness . she was getting entirely too big to be carried around . the stranger lowered his hand , then opened it slowly . he set to kick us out of school ? the oldest story in the world , and all that jazz . 