𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠

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"Amara!" I hear as soon as I step into homeroom.

"Hi miss" I offer her a small smile.

"Hi! Oh my goodness it's so good to have you back" Miss Jade says, giving me a small hug, "Sit wherever you like honey"

"Thank you" I hug her back.

I follow Malcolm to his seat on the group table which consists of Angel, Carter and Jay.

"Hey guys" I softly greet the table.

"Oh my God, Mara!" Angel exclaims in surprise as she moves to hug me.

I laugh softly as I hug her back.

"Hey Ang" I use her nickname.

"I missed you so much" she tells me as we pull apart, "We need to have a debriefing in the bathroom before first period" She whispers to me.

"Okay" I laugh.

This is good. I kind of missed this.

"Chur Mara" Both Jay and Carter greet me in unison.
(In NZ, "Chur" is like their way of saying "Wassup")

"Still twins I see" I laugh.

"Never gets old" Carter laughs.

"How's it feel to be back?" Jay asks.

"Shit" I answer as they laugh at my reaction.

As they all start to get into conversation, I slowly start zoning out.

I miss Donni. Why did he have to get locked up?

"Mara" Malcolm's voice pulls me back into reality.

"Huh? Oh sorry" I quickly apologise.

"Don't apologise. You have nothing to be sorry for." Ang says, reaching for my hand.

"Thanks" I say softly.

"You know we're always here for you" She reminds me.

"Ha. Yeah sure."

But I don't say that. Instead I offer her a soft smile.

"You wanna go for that debriefing now?" She asks me softly.

"Yeah, actually. I'd like that." I smile at her.

"Okay" She says as she goes to tell miss we're going to the bathroom.

I turn to Malc, "Hey M, Ang and I are just gonna go to the bathroom before first" I tell her.

"You gonna be okay?" He asks.

"Yeah, I'll be fine, just wait for me outside of History" I smile at him.

I grab my bag and quickly follow Ang out the door.

"Oh my God, you don't know how much I've missed you" Ang squeals as we walk down the hallway.

"I missed you too Ang" I laugh.