Monstress

Almost 2 weeks ago, the class had a retreat in Mira Mesa Barnes and Noble . I was driving to school, 6:30 , running late and the class was meeting infront of the library at 6:30 . As i arrived to the library i noticed that eveyone was already gone but all of a sudden a car raced the opisite way i was heading. I manuvered a fast U-turn to catch up to the car by the school exit stoplight. As i approched the car to see who was inside, i saw patrick and fernando in the back seat,  manuel in the front passenger side, and  gabriel was driving. They turned around and saw my face. I signaled them to turn down the window as they all grinned and manuel jumped out of the car becaues he had the directions.Finding parking space at the reading was extreanly difficult. Since it was a friday, everyone was waching the new premiers at the movie theater located in the same plaza. When manuel and me arrived inside the reading,  Lysley Tenorio had already started reading a short story from "Monstress." (to be continued....)