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I'm normal. I have normal eyes, normal hair, a normal name (Rosa), normal height, a normal family and a normal house. But  something very un-normal happened to me, and I'm going to tell you about it because I want to.
I go to ICE High school (well, I used to, anyway) and I have 3 best friends, Emmeline, Lara and Iviry. So, here is my un-normal story...

Monday morning; 6:30
My alarm goes off, and I'm up and ready for school by 7, as ICE High starts at 7:45. I walk down the corridor to my form, ready to see my friends again. Ready for another perfect day. I'm not in the smart gang, not in the posh popular cliquey gang, not in the unpopular gang either. I'm right in the middle , and happy about it. My friends and I do everything together, and after registration, we walked down the corridor to English. English is my worst subject, as the letters all get up and do a dance by themselves in the page, and I struggle to read aloud coz the words get stuck in my throat. My favourite subject is PE.  Anyway, we walk down to English together, and I'm chatting away as always, talking about my weekend, and the water park we went to with my curse of a little brother. And then my English teacher bursts my happy bubble, by saying
"Right, books out everyone, we're having a story assessment today."
Well, that ruined my good day.

10:30
English assessment over. At last. So I start to walk to break, I'm really hungry and I think I really deserve my cookie now. But when we get there, they were all gone! Some greedy pig had taken more than their share, and so my day just got worse. I storm off to maths, leaving Emmeline, Lara and Iviry behind.

11:45
Maths is getting more and more frustrating by the second. Seriously, I think steam is going to start coming out of my ears soon. I got stuck in the baby group with the people who can barely add 1 and 1! Not to boast but I'm the best at maths in Y8. Top set, 100% in every test, I even correct the teacher! I'm sure my frustration is understandable.
Anyway, I am so furious that after maths I storm out without waiting for bae x3 again. I run off the the stone garden where I can eat my lunch in peace. My eyes feel red hot, like I could shoot lasers with them. I wolf down my lunch and think of all the stupid people in my life. And then guess what? One of them just walks up. The most annoying boy in the world who has been desperate for me since Y5. He has spots, braces, lank hair the colour of rust and goofy hands and feet that are way too big for his body. BTW guys I just wanted to say, Rosa is really stuck up and so I totally have nothing against spots (loads of people have them including me, it is just human) I have braces myself, my own hair is lank and horrid and I absolutely LOVE red hair, I think it looks gorgeous, I wish I had it! No offence meant to anyone, I hope you can see that it is all in Rosa's character.
"Hey Rosa! Wanna come over tonight?" He asks.
"Go away I'm in a bad mood can't you tell!?" I scream
He makes no move, so I begin to shoo him away, making sure not to touch his disgusting body. But does the idiot budge? No
"Ahhhhh!" I yell. I make a huge sweeping motion with my hand to dismiss him, making it clear that I want him to leave, now!
But you'll never guess what happened! As I swung my hand, a really strange sensation shot up my arm. It felt like fire was burning me, needles were pricking me, people were biting me, all at once. I screamed again. Then I hear another scream. I look up, and I see his Royal Annoying-ness lying motionless on the ground! His left arm is bent under him at an awkward angle, and his right ankle has snapped completely. He is lying in his own blood and the shattered bone can clearly be seen protruding from the ripped skin.
I scream again.
Lots of screaming.
I look at his ruined body. I did that. I was so angry that I did that. How, I have no idea. But I know that was why I felt a tingling sensation in my arm.

I hear the bell for lessons, but it sounds muffled. I walk slowly, in a daze, back to class. With each step, I can feel my legs getting heavier, dragging more and more along the floor. I feel like someone is pulling me away from the real world. My head is fuzzy, I can't see straight. Just as I get to my desk, my legs finally buckle. I hear people shouting, or is it whispering, I can't tell. I feel their shocked stares boring into my body, but I couldn't care less. It's like I'm falling in slow motion. I crumple onto the tiled floor. I hear the sickening crack of skull on ceramic, and then everything turns into a strange, cold dark. I have the strange sensation that I'm floating away from my body...


Hope you like it, another one coming soon! I hope I made it clear that Rosa is really a rude person! No offence meant to anyone, now or at any other point in this book.

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