Change in Heart

Chapter 12- One year Later, A date

Chapter 12

One year later......

Libby

Life in Australia wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I was in my final year of school so i mostly kept to myself and studied hard to achieve the best grades I could in our exams. My sixteenth birthday came and went in what felt like a matter of minutes. The few family friends we had over here tried to make it a big event like it should be. But honestly that was the last thing i wanted. I ended up keeping quiet about it at school and then absorbing myself in a book in the evening.  

My parents were even up for throwing me a party. They must have been pretty desperate... I didn't want to give them too much a hard time because i knew they felt guilty enough since they practically had to drag me onto the plane. I would have jumped at the idea of having a party back in England with all my friends, it would've been great.

I talked to karlie every night and we never let the eight hour time delay get between us.  

She updated me on all the gossip back at Westmore High. Megan and Kyle were back together like I knew they would. Rob and Danielle were still going strong but sadly Chris and Natalie broke up but were still inseparable best friends. I thought that was sweet.  

The school was apparently a lot quieter since Maddy and her disciples left and i don't doubt it. Though she never mentioned George. Not once. I couldn't help but wonder what he did now every day. If he looked the same. Why his friends were. The questions would bubble on my tongue every time I spoke to her, but I could never bring myself to actually ask them.

It had been one long year since I had left but it felt like yesterday. I could still remember all the happy days I spent with George where he made me feel like something special. 

It killed me that he didn't make an effort to say goodbye, to even wave to me on my last day in school. I was angry that I meant that little to him and angry enough to delete every last peice of information that would allow me to get in touch with him in the future.  

He had sent me several friend requests on Facebook which were all deleted to save more heartache. That was one thing I didn't need.

My parents had tried everything to get me 'back to normal' as they put it. They encouraged me to go out more and spend time with my new friends. The truth was, I didn't have many friends here.  

As soon as the bell rang for the end of the day I walked home and went to my room. I didn't usually show my face until breakfast the next day.

George had damaged me. I didn't talk to many people anyone and I certainly couldn't hold a long conversation. Apart from with my old friends. I was constantly hurting and I knew I would find it hard to trust a boy ever again. Love was the last thing on my mind.

"Miss Ronen, are you listening?"

My head snapped away from the window and up to my snobby Maths teacher." I can't explain how much I despised that woman. Everything I did in her eyes were wrong.

"Yes miss," I nodded.

"Then what is the answer?"

"X equals four miss."

I felt a smirk twitch on my lips when her smile dropped and the answer was right.

"In future stop day dreaming out of the window."

I rolled my eyes but she didn't see thank goodness. I hate to think what she would have done if she had of caught me.

I was spending the afternoon in the. library, trying to catch up with several pieces of work I'd missed. My head was buried in a book when I was interrupted.