"We are all friends and we always did, we still are and even in the future we will keep everything between us." I told my friends. "We will tell you our secrets too." Chelsea and Annaliese said. "Thanks." I replied to them. "I haven't even told you the worst part of all this." I said nervously. "What happened?" Chelsea asked. "What did you do?" Annaliese also asked me. "Um well to go to New York you need to have money to go and so yesterday after school I went to the shops and I robbed some money from the till. "OMG!" Chelsea said. "But why did you do that?" Annaliese said looking shocked. "Because I needed money, a lot of money. I didn't know what else to do." I told them. "Did you get in trouble?" Annaliese asked worriedly. "The shop keeper said he was gonna call the police. When I started running from him he began to dial the numbers." I explained. "Does your mum know anything about this?" They questioned. "No of course not. And she shouldn't." I said to Chelsea and Annaliese. "If my mum knew what was going on she would stop my whole plan and we would probably move even sooner." I said. "There is only three days till I move. I have to plan things out quickly because as you can see time is going extremely fast." I spoke.
The lunch bell rang and I went to form. These last days I couldn't really focus on my studies because I was quite busy working out how to get all the way to New York. I also have homework to do at the same time. After all, I am a 16 year old girl who has a lot to think about now. When I'm in the aiport-. "EMILY!" I was startled. "Yes?" I said quietly. "I called your name out twice and you didn't reply." Miss Hicks told me. After that loud comment had been made I didn't think about moving or my escape till I came home. I paid attention in my last two periods and participated too.
The bell rang and our last lesson ended. I was happy to go home so that I could start about my escape. "Hi mum." I happily said. "Hi sweetie." She sweetly replied. "Lunch is ready if you want to eat." She informed me. "I already ate in school and i'm kinda full up but maybe later." I said. I wasn't really that hungry. I went upstairs and in to the shower. I came out 15 minutes later. I started to do some thinking. When i'm in the airport i'll tell my mum i'm going to the toilet. No actually that would be too obvious. How will I escape from my mum without her noticing? I could just run from the airport. Hmm. What shall I do? I went on the computer and looked up maps yet again of New York, Brooklyn trying to find the easiest and best way toget to my dad.... After some time I stopped looking up maps and went on to doing my homework.
2 Days Till Escape
I felt that I was ready to escape and I just needed a few more things to sort out. I woke up at six which was an hour early. I had school too. I saw my mum walking past my room. "Mum what are you doing?" I asked. It was too early. "Aren't you going work today?" I asked again. "No Emily. I'm up so early because i'm packing my suitcase. There is only two days left and I haven' even started." She said. "Since your up why don't you start packing too." Mum told me. She went to my cupboard and took my suitcase out. "Here." she handed the suitcase to me. I was so tired but I went on packing anyway. I took all my clothes out and put them on the bed. I folded all of my clothes and put them nicely in my suitcase. It took me only twenty minutes to pack. I still had loads of time so I went to sleep.
40 Minutes Later
When I woke up my suitcase was on my bed piled with clothes to the top. I had remembered I had packed. Mum was still packing on the other hand. She was still up all this time. I went to the bathroom. "Honey why are you out of bed?" Mum asked. She was clearly very tired to know it was time to wake to get ready for school. "It's time for school mum." I told her. "I think you need some sleep." I suggested. I realized I needed to get in the bathroom so I went in. I still can't believe that I am going to sneak on to an airplane to New York. I was sure and ready before but now I'm not so sure. These thoughts were going through my mind while I was brushing. But I decided to forget this...
It was break here at school. "Hey how is it going?" Chelsea and Annaliese asked me. "I'm okay I guess. This morning I started packing." I sadly spoke. "What time did you wake up this morning to pack?" Annaliese asked me in a weird sort of way. "No I didn't mean to wake up at 6:00 in the morning. I wasn't that tired I guess and I woke. My mum said that as I was up I might as well pack so I did." I explained. "So are you ready for this?" Chelsea questioned. "Well yeah I think so." I said unsure. "What will your first reactions be when you meet your dad?" Chelsea said hoping I had an answer for this. "I think I'll be very happy and hug him right there but I'll also be quite upset to know that he's the reason my mother isn't that happy anymore." I truthfully said. "But he is your dad and you can't be upset with him for too long." Annaliese said trying to cheer me up. "I'm kind of getting mixed emotions here." I said. I didn't know how to react. "What do you mean?" Chelsea asked not understanding. "I mean I am happy to see my dad, angry to see my dad too and on top of that a bit scared and nervous." I said feeling very odd. Our conversation ended right there as the bell rang and the teachers summoned us to class
2 Hours Later
The lesson went by very quick. "It's lunchtime already." Mathew said. He was very stunned how what turned out to be a boring lesson went by so fast that he couldn't believe. I let the class to go to lunch while he stood there looking at his watch to check if the time was right. He came in the canteen two minutes later after I came in. I had already got my food and was chewing on my delicious pasta. Chelsea and Annaliese were at the table too. "I've got so attached to my house that I really don't feel like moving." I told my friends. "I'm so attached to my house too." Annaliese said. "I like my house but I'm not really that attached to it." Chelsea said. She had liked her old house much more because it was her first ever home. "What do we have after lunch?" I asked my friends. I couldn't be bothered to check my timetable which was at the bottom of my school bag. "Um double pe." Annaliese said. "I hate pe, i'm so bad at it." I replied. "Who does like pe?" Chelsea asked which was very true.
1 Hour And 30 Minutes Later
I was home from school. Two days left till the escape. Mum was at work and she didn't come back till five. So I was alone for three hours. I went upstairs on the computer to do my homework. I suddenly remembered my money in my cupboard. I went to my cupboard and lifted my clothes. Thank god it was still there. I counted the money. One thousand pounds in notes. Good. I put the money back and continued my work... The hours went by so fast that I didn't notice when my mum walked in. She came upstairs. "Hi Emily. Are you hungry?" Mum asked worrying. "Hi. I'll have dinner in a bit but not right now." I told her. "Ok darling but eat soon not too late." Mum told me. She was all about eating meals early or it wouldn't digest properly. But it was only like five o'clock and that was too early to eat dinner. Still I went ahead saying "Ok mum I'll eat soon." but I wasn't really going to. "Not with what was going on. How could I eat. I had to figure out what I was going to wear when I go to America. I know it is weird to be planning an outfit for when I'm about to do a thing that no child should ever do but all the same I want to look nicely dressed. Not like a tramp. I chuckled to myself. "What's so funny dear?" Mum asked looking at me. "Oh nothing." I said normally. I couldn't wait for the next two days when I would be face to face with my dad.
