Our Stories: The Dropped Note: Part 3 § The Amanda Project

The Dropped Note: Part 3

Hi guys, I’m posting this for Tai -

Avery or Trig is the Devil’s Instrument – when did this happen? I don’t think either of you said. This makes me question an incident from about three weeks ago when I ran into Amanda in the hall. Literally. Well technically, she ran into me because she was in an awfully big rush to get somewhere. She was half rummaging through a vintage bag in a frenzy, and she barely registered our collision. Amanda and I aren’t friends. To be honest, I didn’t know who she was until she went missing—although I had heard some rumors—so I didn’t give the run-in a second thought.

But now that she’s gone and I know about this note, I’m remembering little things that struck me as bizarre– the big hurry, the way she glanced back over her shoulder to make sure no one was following her, the dark and haunted look that was on her face.

This has to be the same day. But where was she racing?

30 responses

TrigistheDevilsInstrument 04.17.2009

I think that was the Wednesday of our last JV pep rally, so like, two weeks ago.
em2013 04.17.2009

This is getting weird. That Friday I saw Taylor Craft at her locker after fourth period (I remember because she was in her cheerleader’s uniform for the game against Central) reading this folded-up piece of paper. When she looked up, she seemed all panicky and stuff and then sped off in a hurry.
noraorchid 04.17.2009

yea i hadnt moved into town yet but i heard about this, I hope that she is ok ....... I live on the same street as her but i havnt seen any action at her house latley….. its like she never was there…..everyone in her family acts like nothing is wrong….
CheekyMonkey 04.17.2009

If this helps—I was heading to the cafeteria after fourth period on the day of the game and saw Taylor standing outside the auditorium stage door with Sarah Schaffer and Amanda. They looked pretty intense.
SuperChk 04.17.2009

I know Sarah. I’ll find out what happened.
kayleigh 04.17.2009

She was probly running for the same reason the note said she better run and she was probly looking over her shoulder because whoever sent her the note said they had gotton closer to her.
Kewpie83 04.18.2009

Being on the dance squad, I got a pass out of class for rehearsal for the Pep Rally. I passed by Amanda while grabbing my supplies from my locker. I agree with the rest—she looked freaked! Not just freaked, but paranoid freaked. When my locker slammed, she literally jumped, grabbed her stuff, and left pretty quick. It looked like she had a cell phone in her hand, but I’m not sure. It was oddly shaped and knowing her, for all I know, it could have been something ‘mystic’, you know?

SuperChk, I’d like to know what Sarah says! Let us know, K?
theresaax2 04.18.2009

Hey Kewpie! That dance was crazy from the pep rally. When I walked to meet you at your locker, I must’ve been coming from the direction she left. She had a device to her ear, it must’ve been a cell phone but it looked so weird! I heard her frantically say something really fast-almost unintelligible. All I heard ‘it’s coming’ or ‘it’s happening.’ Something like that.
greatdance23 04.18.2009

ya i am amanda cousin she called me up and told me she needed to borrow some money from me lke 200. But she also needed my makeup bag. like in the picture that is mine
courtz96 04.19.2009

I remember standing in the corridors waiting outside the nurses office because i had hert my knee badly at lunch. Amanda ran past and she looked really pale. It was quite strange so i quitely followed her and saw her ringing someone up, asking if she could borrow some money and a make-up bag. I heard the nurses footsteps so i hopped back down to the nurses room door. That night i couldnt stop thinking about what had happened
Rosie 04.19.2009

Well if she was running somewhere she obviously wasn’t going to stay in the school… Does anyone know what kind of car she drives?? Maybe someone in town saw where she went…
aGirlLikeMe 04.20.2009

This is a little overwelming now. Amanda is one weird little ducky.
kimberly 04.23.2009

I just hope that she’s okay and is staying somewhere. I don’t like to think she’s staying somewhere unprotected. She needs all the help she can get right now. One of the few things I know about Amanda is that she is pretty fearless…so if something is scaring her now, it’s most likely very, very bad.
globalgirl 05.15.2009

She must’ve been freaked out. I mean the note obviously came from somebody close, somebody from school maybe, or so she thought at least. So she must’ve been in a rush to get out, since she must’ve done something she’s not proud of. So not proud, in fact, that she thinks she’s being blackmailed and someone knows her secrets.
The other people reading the note… What if it was a common thing?
Serenity 08.15.2009

I agree with Kimberly. Amanda is ‘pretty fearless’. Whoever she’s running from must be dangerous. I hope she’s okay.
Yori 08.30.2009

I agree whoever she’s running away wants Amanda badly. I hope she doesn’t get hurt. That note is so freaky. I don’t really know much since I was absent during that week. Thinking back on the note it sound like whoever wrote it likes to hunt and in this case Amanda is the game.
alicewriter13 08.30.2009

Yori, with you saying Amanda is the game just made me think…. with Amamda’s secrets and her moving leaving those secrets…what if someone have turned them against her into a sick game….she could be in deep trouble….that could also factor into the “i suggest you run”.... a game is no fun if someone just gives up… i hope she’s ok and is somewhere where she is able to get help
tiffany923 09.23.2009

yeah, i was in am. lit. and saw her. i also saw her talking to taylor and sarah outside the auditorium. this is getting scary! t and s and a must be connected. neighbors? friends? old acquaintances? (from her old life) i bet a million dollars this is why she left. she’s on the run!
Maddiemays 11.07.2009

The government is after her. Oops, wasn’t supposed to tell you that. At least I didn’t tell you that I am really an undercover- Gaaah! Nevermind! Just ignore everything I said. Really, folks, there is nothing to see here. I’m just a typical teenage girl….
FindingMe<3 11.28.2009

She was running from the person who wrote that note. She was afraid.
kitkat1112 01.17.2010

rosie i dont think amanda drove yet… i mean i think i saw her riding her bike around town a few times but maybe im wrong
katie
kimberlyb 02.20.2010

maddiemays…
what are you talking about the government is after her?>
Maddiemays 05.29.2010

I’m sorry. I can’t say who I work for or what I do. All I can say is, Amanda is extremely valuable.
kimberlyb 05.29.2010

why cant you say anything?
Basil_H. 06.27.2010

I think she might be in the Witness Protection Program, which could explain why she might be running from the Gov. or someone else. Maybe she borrowed the bag to use as a decoy- leave it somewhere with stuff in it to throw whoever it is chasing her off the trail a while (she did like vintage stuff- I mean, would we really believe she’d use a Prada snakeskin clutch or something like that?). Use the make-up for a disguise? Alicewriter13- what you said about ‘the game is no fun if she’s not running’ is creeeeeeepy!! It puts the psycho’s on Criminal Minds into thought. And I’m usually okay with crime shows, but that show is scary… And so her family acts as if nothing’s happened? I’m getting scared for Amanda. At least we know she’s smart, and can hopefully take care of herself… It gets worse, too. I’m heard from a guy in CA who’s younger sister Lexie hung out with Amanda before A moved here, and the sister vanished three months before A did! I’m really hoping this Damion guy is making it up… As a collage kid, he really should know better…
Basil_H. 07.01.2010

I hadn’t read the book yet, so sorry about the WWP, but I think we should still consider everything.
Dancing_Queen 12.10.2010

She might have been running to meet someone that could maybe help her get away from this person.
This reminds of the last time I saw her, when she seemed to have been running away from someone wearing this black scarf and who moved in in steps that seemed like they were floating. Maybe it was the same person?
AmberDavis 02.24.2011

Horror in her face? Then we should probably scratch that idea of a friend giving her the letter of warning.

Puzzled.
Zylaar 06.23.2011

What the heck is ‘the devil’s instrument’ ??
Faith 10.24.2011

I think Amanda is definitely hiding something. The note said that whoever wrote it knew something about her, and that they were close. Amanda might have been being chased, and the seems to be very important to her if she just cut and ran. What bothers me was, Amanda got the note in the middle of class, and she totally didn’t read it before class or she would’ve ran before class. I wonder how it got passed to her?