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would definitely have been a disaster after the run . After gym, I went to study hall . Cami had been absent from study hall on Thursday ; h er and Alex had met in the library to work on campaign posters . Today as I entered the classroom, I was not surprised to see she was missing again .
    “ Gee sh , you might think they were running for Congressional seats, not just student council, ” I remarked to myself . I sat in the back and spent the rest of the period half-heartedly working on my science homework . I bet Cami and Alex would be at the football game tonight . Cami and I never went to the football games . We had not been the school spirited type, but I guess that had changed .
    When the dismissal bell rang I slowly walked my way down to my locker and took my time collecting my things for the weekend . I was in no rush, and unlike my peers , I had no place to be tonight . When I finally had all but emptied my locker of every book I hefted my heavy load on to my shoulder and made my way to the front doors . As I stepped down the stairs I caught a glimpse of a pearl white Escalade pulling out of the student parking lot onto Elm . Cami was riding in the passenger’s seat , happily smiling at the driver. F rom this distance all I could see was his pale blond e hair, but I knew it was Alex .
    “ Better th an a wood paneled station wagon , ” I thought .
    I turned and started my walk home . No small feat with my weighted down book bag . When I arrived home, I was greeted as usual . Dad was still at work and Mom was sitting on the couch watching something on TV . When I walked past she glanced up at me, and there was a moment when I thought she actually saw me, then she spoke .
    “The time is near . Ready yourself . Be careful who you trust! ” s he all but shouted at me .
    Great, it was either another one of her paranoid delusions or a quote from some ridiculous movie she had watched this afternoon . I nodded at her and she turned her attention back to the TV . I took that opportunity to disappear into my bedroom .
    Around 6 o’clock I had enough of homework, and simply couldn’t focus on it any longer . I closed my books and leaned back on my bed . Dad wouldn’t be home for another two hours and if I cooked dinner now it would be cold by time he got home . I was just about to go to my bookshelf to look for a book to read when I heard something . It was a faint ping ing noise . What was that ? I checked my cell phone, but that wasn’t it . I opened my bedroom door and listened down the hallway . The television was still blaring and I didn’t hear Mom moving around . Then I heard it again . I spun around and looked at my window . Had something hit the glass ? I walked over and glanced out . Standing the r e, along side Mr. Wright’s fence , was the outline of a person . I opened the window and leaned out , craning my neck to get a better look , when the person stepped forward out of the shadow of the fence . I was looking directly into the clearest blue eyes I had ever seen.

     
    Chapter 4
    Revelation 6 ; 12 : “Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder , ‘Come!’ I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow , and he was given a crown , and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest .”
     
    I blinked hard , trying to clear my vision; surely he was not actually sta nding outside my bedroom window. B ut as he began to walk closer to the house I realized that it was actually Gabriel . I stood , half hanging out of my window , ra c king my brain for something to say, or for that matter some reason for him to be here . I fail ed miserably on both accounts.
    “I’m sorry to disturb you , but I was wondering if you could come down so we can talk? ” he shouted up .
    “ Uhh , yeah … I’ll be right down! ” I did my best to disguise my excitement at the fact he had come to see me , but failed miserably . I turned from the window and rushed from the