First Term at High Towers

7)Drama, a wealthy appearance and a meeting

The weeks went by very quickly, and in no time, a very important meeting was called by Miss Rosemist for the whole school. All the girls scuttled in the humongous hall and then sat on the little wooden chairs they so often had sat on. Miss Rosemist began." Now girls,I am very sure that you will like this decision that has been made,well,it is that each form will have a new common room,which will be directly next to the dormitories building!What do you think?"The girls cheered and clapped,and some even stumbled over the dainty chairs! There was great excitement as the first form filed into the hall,to practise their new drama play,to put on for half term.With a little help from Miss Thorpe,the english mistress,the girls had formed together,some in twos and some in little clusters,an idea for the play.

The Serafino and Sparklers twins had grouped up and were brainstorming in the English class.It was tough to think of ideas,but the determined girls could make the possible easily!What Lucy had ordered during the hall time was clear.The girls had remembered what Lucy said and got on with their project."Now, Miss Thorpe and I will judge together what plot would be best for our play.Insert your file for the sheets of planning paper and do not write your names,as we don't want any favouritism comments,as you will acknowledge ,Miss Thorpe."Miss Thorpe just nodded silently,gesturing everyone back to Lucy to hear the rest."So,try your best,and we both will pick one winner or group winner to present the plot of their chosen play!"

In the next few weeks,when children went out to play,they spotted builders being ushered around by Miss Rosemist,building the common rooms from the blueprint in front of them.There was a lot of noise and the girls had to cover their ears to try to block out the noise in prep. Lately Fennela was the black sheep of the form.She was constantly avoided and that was tricky,as she wanted to boast about her new summer dress,which was very expensive.She wished dearly that she could have a friend that was wealthy and could share her cunning plots to.For some odd reason,it came true!

The very next day,to everyone's astonishment,came a grand pink limousine !In it,was an untidy chauffeur,sweaty with the journey and still managing to look posh.Behind,was a girl wearing a cashmere dress and pink shoes,the latest trend in the rich world.She was ranting on about not being able to find her face cream and was throwing a tantrum.The girls,watching,snickered at the hilarious scene appearing before their eyes.Evie muttered"I bet by all the fancy stuff she is wearing Fenella would simply adore her!" "Me too." agreed Katherine.

The girl stumbled out,obviously tired and was walking daintily to High Towers,as if she were the Queen.She strode into the building,and almost stumbled into Miss Rosemist! Miss Rosemist regained position and stopped in her tracks.Wasn't that Madeline Platinum,the leader of the designer and luxury world? Suddenly looking at the girl with caramel-coloured curls and designer outfit made her jump violently and almost tumbled over the irate girl!"What do you think you are doing?" she drawled in an american accent."Don't you know that I am officially the richest girl in the whole world, and you have to bow at me and pay me respect!" She screamed and cursed as she found her dorm and banged the door as she ran in.There was sudden screams of "This room is so shabby,no bigger than my bathroom, the smallest thing!" down the hall and the girls stared,confused. Why was this girl stomping in and saying rude words at the beloved Miss Rose mist?

The first form filed into their dormitories,one by one,until there were only the two pairs of twins and they too,opened the door quietly. The form had hours to rest,as it was Sunday,the day of rest after church and prayers.Sunday was very pleasing without prep,so the form trooped off into town,buying tickets for a musical in the theatre,or just lounging around in the little tea shop,which was overcrowded by other persistent girls from the school.Cara,Mia,Maisie and Bella flocked off along with the other girls in their form soon after prep, to go to the theatre to watch a movie,which all the girls were very intrigued to watch,excluding Madeline.She had flown in her helicopter,somehow hidden along with her,to a five-star spa,'for all the stress of coming here' she quoted to Miss Oriell,before flying away.She came back, relaxed.

Matron was in rage on account of what Madeline did.Madeline was called specifically to mend one of her already-torn stockings,which somehow had not been reported to her. She had to miss her gym class,which had been her favourite,just to mend it. She was outraged.She had never sewn a single stitch in her entire life.That was meant for the sewing mistresses,possibly Matron herself, not her,she thought coldly. So later,to Matron's huge astonishment,Madeline,rather rudely stalked out and merely snapped"Why don't you do it yourself." and sprinted out,with a smug look on her face.Miss Sakura, the house mistress saw it and just shook her shiny,radiant black hair, not in the least surprise.Maybe just one of her silly smiles,she thought.

The girls in the first form had finally produced their ideas,in their groups.They were sent to Lucy and Miss Thorpe and they read through the files.The following morning,the decision was made.The first form skipped down to the hall and sat down.Miss Thorpe was standing up,facing the others,and was smiling as she spoke."Hallo,girls.You should know what this meeting is about,well we both have chosen the winner to produce the play,and it was a tie!" Every girl gasped.This had never,ever happened before."So, continuing on,we thought that if we did a vote, it would be more fair."Lucy continued."Madeline can vote,since it is a blind playscript,and I don't think she knows anyone either."

The girls read through the two files and voted.Lucy read the results carefully,before pulling the sheaf of papers out.She finally replied."Well,the votes were so close,but there is most definitely a group winner! Well it was the second script,the Sparklers and Serafino twins!" The group was cheered,then everyone left,leaving the two pairs of twins,engulfed with happiness."Who could have thought that we won!It's like a miracle!" Maisie cried,clutching their file of papers."Wait a moment."Cara said ."Look,there is a sheet of instructions for us.What could they be about?"

"Lets have a look.It will be no harm."Bella suggested.Mia picked up the sheet.
"It says 'Instructions for the winning group,Bella,Maisie,Cara and Mia.'Lets sit down in our dorm for break-time before the bell rings for English. We ought to have enough time."
"All right ." the other three chorused.
The four rushed to their bedroom and studied the paper until the shrill bell rang once more."Come on girls." Bella said hastily."I think English will be starting now." As Bella said that last word the other three rushed out of the door to English."Hey,wait for me!" Bella yelled.