The mirror

St Oswald's

"Natalie darling you need to clean your room it's a pigsty" Remarked Mum at the breakfast table "it's not like I am going to have anyone over anytime soon" I replied glumly. "Still having problems at school, are you?" "No" I lied "Nat Nat you have always been so bad at lying." "How many times do I have to tell you don't call me Nat Nat!" I shouted "now that is not how a lady would act plus you used to love the name Nat Nat" "well now I don't" "bus honey bus the bus is outside" I got up and ran outside down the drive just in time I got on the bus and Mike our bus driver smiled and said good morning. I replied with a kind smile my face was probably all flushed and I was still breathing like crazy (did I mention that our driveway is a mile long) I slouched down and got out my cosmetics bag and used the mirror my hair had all come out of its neat bun and was dangling down as if something was stuck in my hair, but it found a way out after being in there for a couple of hours. I touched up my fiery red hair then redid my makeup so there were no longer any of my trillions of freckles visible, adjusted my glasses. My mother had always said that my freckles looked like a butterfly had landed on my nose and had left little footprints everywhere. I Then settled down for the rest of the ride shortly afterwards I fell asleep I dreamt that I was at school and all the girls with their neatly pressed uniforms and hair tied back without a strand out of place they were bumping into me and not even taking any notice of me then a giant Pegasus came galloping down the hallway towards me then it started talking which even more weird than a Pegasus galloping down the corridor at a private school. The bus jolted and I woke up and saw the school sign on the gates of my school. The sign read St Oswald's school for gifted and perfect students and no one else. When the bus stopped and I got off, I walked two steps and saw Lara McClinton. My least favourite person in the school I scrambled to hide behind a bush as she strutted in front of a bunch of boys who stared at her as she stopped to check her perfect blond hair in her pocket cosmetics case mirror. The boy's tried to look cool, some combed their hair back with gel. I carefully stood up and almost slipped walked then carefully inside trying not to draw any attention to myself once inside I start walking down the polished marble corridor which was bursting with people all looking neat in their uniforms (The girl uniform consists of a bright white blouse and a knee length skirt with a little neckerchief in their house colour, black high heels and small white ankle socks plus all girls must have a bun in their hair and there should be no freckles insight. The boys have a white shirt with a tie in their house colours and grey trousers with a black leather belt and black shoes.) I went to my first class which was English I sat down as my elderly English teacher Mrs Thorn shuffled across the room and said in her raspy voice "I hope you have been studying because this test may reflect your grade for the year." Then she started handing out the tests. I looked at them and they were at least a good chapter book wide. I sighed loudly "what was that miss Taylor what was that you want the full version of the test" Mrs Thorn announced turning to face me "No miss" I said quietly "what was that!" She yelled, so much for blending in I thought feeling my face redden with embarrassment. "I said no Mrs Thorn" "detention at lunch for cheeky noises whilst we are doing tests" I glanced round the room people had started whispering Lara was giggling with her friends Jackie Brown and Hannah Williamson. I stared down at my shoes feeling my face redden even more, suddenly my right forearm started stinging like crazy. Then I was back in my dream from earlier the Pegasus made me jump on its back and we took off and flew under the sea and then I woke up and realised I was on the floor sweating everybody was laughing at me.