Free Taken (Book #2 of the Vampire Legends) by Emma Knight Page B

stood up and brushed
herself off. She gave a quick look around the store and realized her mother had
gone.
    “Hi Mom, What’s up?”
    “Hi Sweetie, you ready to
get picked up now?”
    “Um, almost, I need about
twenty more minutes.”
    “Ok, I’m just leaving the
mall, I should be there shortly.”
    “See ya soon!”
    Rachel was now screwed. How
was she ever going to beat her mom back to AHS and make it into the building
before she arrived?
     
     
     
    Chapter Eleven
     
     
    Rachel scurried out of the
Gap, and ran into Victoria’s Secret. She grabbed Taryn by the arm and said, “Hurry,
I need to go— my mom’s on her way to get me from school. I told her I was
staying for extra help because I’m grounded, so I need to get back there before
she does.”
    “Whoa!” said Taryn. “What
are you talking about?”
    “I’m grounded. I had to lie
to get out of the house. My mom doesn’t know I’m here,” Rachel said, out of
breath. “We have to go now!”
    “OK! Girls, let’s go,
quickly!” Taryn said. “We have to get Rachel back to school.”
    The six girls rushed out of
the mall quicker than ever and jumped into the car. Taryn backed out of the
parking space quickly, almost hitting a white Range Rover parked behind her.
Rachel sat in the back, and kept a look out for her mom’s station wagon.
    “Why are you grounded, Rach?”
asked Liv.
    “Because of the newspaper
article, and the fight. My parents just don’t trust me anymore.”
    “Wow,” Liv said. “They’re
tough.”
    “You have no idea!” Rachel
said.
    “So does this mean you can’t
come to the movies later?” asked Jen.
    “I’m going to try. I need to
see how the night goes. If I can sneak out, I will!”
    “You’re so cool,” said
Taryn, as she sped down the highway and on to Route 22.
    As they headed off the exit,
Rachel spotted her mom’s station wagon cruising along.
    “That’s my mom, hurry!”
shouted Rachel, pointing to her mom’s car.
    “Don’t worry, I have an
eight cylinder engine—, I’ll beat her before it turns into a one lane road.”
    Rachel sat in the back seat
and watched as Taryn weaved in and out of cars. Her mom’s car was two cars
ahead, and the road narrowed in approximately one mile. Rachel knew if they
didn’t make the stoplight, she would surely get caught.
    The light turned green in
the distance and Rachel held her breath and closed her eyes. She couldn’t watch
anymore, she was getting too anxious. She felt the car accelerate and the girls
all screamed “Wahoo!”
    Rachel was so nervous, she
began to sweat. She couldn’t bear to think about what would happen to her if
she pulled up at the same time as her mother, or right after her, for that
matter. She tried to devise a plan for what to do if that happened. Even if she
did beat her mom, she would only beat her by a minute, and she would have to
quickly run into the building and then walk out again so her mom would think
she was just leaving.
    “We did it!” Taryn said as
she passed Rachel’s mom on the left. Rachel opened her eyes and looked out the
rear windshield. Much to her surprise, Taryn had managed to get five cars ahead
of her mom.
    “OMG, you’re amazing Taryn,”
Rachel said. “You saved my life!”
    As the car pulled into the
driveway of the school, Taryn sped down and dropped Rachel at the side
entrance. “Go in that way, and then come out the front,” Taryn said. “Your mom
will never suspect anything.”
    As Rachel jumped out and
shut the car door behind her, her friends yelled, “Hope to see you tonight
Rach! That was so fun!”
    She didn’t look back. She
ran quicker than she thought was physically possible in the side door of the
school and through the hallways. Her cell phone was ringing with her mom’s name
flashing on the screen. She knew her mom was out front waiting.
    Rachel swung open the front
door of the school, practically out of breath and walked out into the main
parking lot where her mom was patiently