Chapter 12

As he wrote the rules on the board, Mr. Moore said them out loud. "Rule one: Make your questions as in depth as possible. Meaning, get as much of an answer out of whoever you're interviewing as possible. Rule two: Leave room for follow-up questions. They help get more information from your interviewee. And, rule three: Be creative, but stay on the topic of discussion. Which, this time, is 'Your Time Here'."

Sienna brought her phone out and opened the camera app. She took a picture of the board where the rules are. Leo and her turned to each other at the same time. Sienna smiled and started writing down ideas on a new page of the notepad.

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When class was over, Leo and Sienna went to the front of the school and met with their friends. Andy and Robin were already there, talking to each other.

"Hey, dude. What's up?" Andy greeted Leo as both him and Sienna walked up to them.

"Not much, journalism is kinda fun. More fun than I originally imagined. What about you?"

"Not too much, except that I have a lot of homework from yesterday to complete." Leo nodded at his response.

"Should we get going?" Leo turned his attention to Sienna, as she was talking with her friend, Robin.

"Hmm? Oh, yes. My mom is making a special dinner tonight, and I want to know the occasion." Sienna responded, practically jumping up and down. Leo takes her hand and leads her outside to his car, as they're waving goodbye to their friends.

*Ding*

Sienna pulls out her phone to see a text from her mom that reads, 'Make sure you're home early tonight! I have a special surprise for you *smiley face*'.

She smiles at the message and gets in Leo's car. She puts on the seatbelt and puts her phone away. Leo gets in on the driver's side, and starts the car. He looks over at Sienna and asks, "Should we go?"

"Sure. I can't go to a surprise party tonight, ok? I need to go home tonight."

Leo laughed, knowing it was a joke. "Ok, I'll go to your place first and drop you off," he started driving out of the parking lot, "then I'll go to my house."

"You mean your mansion. It's the largest house I've ever seen!" Sienna remarked. Leo drove on the highway to get to Sienna's house.

When they get there, Sienna steps out of Leo's car and walks to the entrance to her apartment building. As she goes inside, Leo drives off. Going back out the way he came in. He drives on the same road going farther away from the school. To his house.

When he got there, he hesitated getting out of the car. After he waited for about 5 minutes. He walked with only anxiety going through his mind. When he stepped through the door, he was greeted with a worried Tio.

"Good luck in there. They seem pissed," Tio greeted his friend as he walked to the door. Leo smiled weakly and walked through the door. He sees only empty halls. Which makes him worry even more. He slowly walks through the halls, looking in all directions so nothing can spook him.

"Leo!" Leo jumped at the booming voice of his father.

"Y-yes, father?"

"You know your birthday is in the next few days. You know what that means, right?" His father crossed his arms. And Leo nodded while lowering his head like a puppy who's done something wrong.