ALWAYS

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

The next thing I knew was that I'm in bed and that horryifying dream had got me again. My pillow full of pools of tears and my body as sweaty as hell, my head ached; like usual and my blankets were scattered all over the floor.

For a while, I just sat there, staring off into space, trying to recall the dream, when my mom came in with my breakfast. She gave me a pitiful smile, knowing that I had had that dream again.
"Thanks mom," I stuttered in appreciation.
"Go and get ready dear, you have only 20 minutes until the first bell." She said politely.
"Yes mom." I replied.

I quickly freshened up and devoured the pancakes, trying to distract myself but it didn't work, the dream was still the only thing on my mind. I went out kf the house, shouting an incoherent goodbye to my mom. I glanced at my watch. 5 minutes to go, better hurry, I thought.

I reached as soon as the bell rang, parked my car in its usual spot and rushed into my classroom. Summer had just ended and winter was on it's way. I looked at the bored expressions on everyone's faces, You could see clearly that they were forced to come back to school. While I, on the other hand, was happy to be back. Even though, no one talked to me, School was a great help in forgetting about that disturbing nightmare.

I sat down at the back of the class alone, doodling in my english book. The bell rang loudly as a sign that class had ended. Everyone rushed outside like hungry chickens yet I, as always, waited till everyone had gone.

I went into my english classroom and sat on my seat. Mr Johnson greeted us and began handing out papers to everyone.
"Students listen up!" He yelled, "I am going to divide all of you and I want you to write a biography about your partner." I knew it was going to be tough for me so i ducked my head, crossed my fingers and hoped for the best.

At the end of the class, I was lucky enough to be paired up with a girl called Emily, one of the least snobbiest girls in school.

"Hii, im Emily" she raised her hand towards me. I did not know how to react so i just said hello shyly with a worn out smile. She seemed to ignore my reaction and gave me a blissful smile. "So Ellie " Emily started. "I want to know everything about you, for our assignment!" I looked up at her curiously, surprised that she knew my name. "Umm... ok" i replied silently. "So can we work at my house this afternoon?" She asked. "I guess" i said awkwardly. She told me her address with a gleeful smile and I gave her a somewhat smile and just walked away silently.

I returned home and found my mum in the kitchen preparing dinner. "Hi mum"i said. "Hi sweetie, how was school?" She asked curiously. "Good"i replied. "Mum could you please drop me to a friend's house?" i asked. "Sure" she answered. She switched off the stove and grabbed her keys. I put on my tourqoise blue sweater and headed for the car.

We reached at Emily's grand house in within five minutes. "Pick me up at four" i told my mum. "Ok sweetie , bye." I looked around for a bell and finally found it. I rang it. A man apeared at the door. " may i please see Emily?" I asked politely. The man looked at me for a second then escorted me to the living room to wait as he called Emily. Emily sprung from upstairs and came into the living room. She had worn a pink shirt with the words" princess " written on it, black jeans and some flipflops. Her hair was blonde and was tied up neatly in a pony tail. "Hello she greeted me nicely. I said hello back. She escorted me to her majestic room.

The walls had a royal blue wallpaper , a sofa sat quietly near a neatly made, blue bed and not far from the bed was a huge tv that could cover my entire wall but was smaller compared to Emily's bedroom, Cupboards that were made of dark wood stood with pride on the other end of the room and a door led to Emily's bathroom.

Emily sat me down on a comfy sofa and took out her books. Emily told me a bit about herself , as i scribbled down whatever i could get. "So now tell me a bit about yourself " emily asked curiously. "Well... umm...." i stammered. Emily looked at me sympathetically. "I think we have done enough work for today" " thanks for coming" emily said sweetly. I gave her a smile and headed for the door. Could it be true THE Emily watson being ellie's friend? Could this be the beginning of a new friendship?Emily escorted me to the main door. I bolted outside. I did not wait for my mum to come to pick me up and walked across the street to my house. I reached home at about half three. I entered my house to find my mum on the phone with my aunt. She hung up as soon as she saw me , "what i thought i was going to pick you ul at four? " she asked in confusion. "We finished our assignment for today and i did not want to bother you" i explained. " go catch some sleep you look exhausted" my mother told me caringly.