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Chapter 1

Oliva was now standing in the hospital corridor outside her best friend's room. Her brain was spinning with thoughts, though she could not process any of them.  The noise of rushing beds carrying all kinds of injured people, beeping machines, and the sound of ambulances rushing inside all imprinted an idea into her head.  She would be there one day. She was there because she had been wanting to see if her best friend was feeling alright. Creeeeek. The door opened. Jesse’s mom walked through the door. “ It’s time now.” she told Oliva. 

“ Is she alright?” Olivia asked. She gave no reply. Oliva walked in the door. Her brain instantly wobbled and collapsed. Olivia had never imagined that any one could actually have that happen to them, let alone her best best friend since third grade. Jess was lying in a hospital bed, her hand still in the air but curled and moving slightly. “She has been like this since the day she was brought in.” the doctor told her.

“Really? When she got …… it happened she was just pointing up and not moving at all. How did she get to this stage?” said Olivia half crying and moaning in sadness.

“ Well it all started when the lead doctor did acupuncture. She …” She had stopped talking for Olivia was now crying so hard a few people had come into the room to check what had happened.

“Continue.” Olivia said. She had finally got herself together and had stopped weeping all over the floor.

“She had started move after the first needle.” the doctor continued. Then it hit Olivia. She stood up and grabbed a pencil and paper. With some resistance she stuck the pencil into Jess’s hand and held the paper under it. At first it seemed just like scribbles. There was no meaning to the weird lines on the page. Then Olivia grabbed a clipboard hanging on the wall. She turned the paper over, clipped it to the clipboard, and once again held it under Jess’s hand. Jess scribbled for a moment and then suddenly stopped. She set the pencil on the paper and took her hand down from it,  laying  her once curled now straight hand beside her. Olivia then picked up the paper.  The doctor suddenly gasped behind, for it had spelled something. It read Empir Sttate Bilden. 

It was May 30th, 2000. The new millennium There sat Jess and Olivia in their third grade classroom at New York City Elementary. They were having a class discussion about New York City’s Empire State building. Their teacher, Mrs.Peck, was informing the class about their field trip they were going to take to this gigantic building. Olivia and Jess were very astonished at the pictures taken by the press. Then their fellow classmate Robert asked, “Has anyone ever climbed the Empire State Building?” From that moment on Olivia and Jess were set on the idea of climbing the Empire State Building.

Fast forward eight years. 

It was a fine summer day. Olivia Parker and her best friend Jess Peterson were beside her on the bench. They were sitting in Central Park waiting for something exciting to happen. It had been the most dull year ever. They had just finished the 7th grade. Their minds have been drilled down by note-taking,all kinds of algebra, and how to prepare for college. They were trying to remember what had happened in their earlier years.”Remember when we made a goal in third grade to climb the Empire State Building?” stated Olivia.

“Yeah, we were way over our heads.” laughed Jess.

“ I wish that came true. At least we would have something to talk about.” moaned Oliva, clearly bored.

Jess then received a phone call that changed their lives completely. She had reached into her pocket and pulled out her LG phone (the most popular for the time) and looked at the screen. It was an unknown caller. Jess had never received a call from someone she had never known. It had always either been her family or friends. You may think well obviously it is a company calling her but she had had this phone so long that she had already blocked all the companies that could possibly exist. 

“Answer it! It might be something cool or exciting!” pounced Olivia.