Broken Crayons Still Colour

Chapter 19

~Emma's POV~

~Time Skip: 3 Months Later~

It has been a month since the trial. He ended up getting 1 year in prison, and 1 year on parole. When he was given his sentence, I was extremely worried because I thought I would have to go back into an orphanage. Instead, Mr Earl offered to look after me for the 2 years that my Father isn't allowed to, which I said yes to. He has a daughter called Rihanna who is the same age as me which means I really like living with Mr Earl, his wife and Rihanna.

I'm starting to focus on the subjects that I enjoy now, rather than PSHCE and Computing. I'm properly part of the Music family rather than just being on the sidelines, and I'm going to be running String Group from next year. My other teachers are all commenting on how I have improved so much within these few months; I even started having private tutor lessons with my Maths and Science teachers, Mr Agar and Mrs Ward to catch up on what I missed.

When my Father gets out of prison, and off parole I'm not sure if I'm ever going to actually live with him again. Mr Earl offered for his family to permanently adopt me, and I am currently seriously thinking about it. I still love my Father, and I understand why he did everything but I still think I will be happier with Mr Earl.

I don't really talk to Mark anymore. I had to do a project with him last month, but other than that we haven't spoken. I don't think he could care less because he just hangs around with Wade now, and I think Robert (Bob) started hanging around with them as well.

I am now also a lot closer to Ethan. He asked me out on a date last week, and we went to see a string concert. I have now realised that my feelings for Mark were actually just because I had never been loved before, so I thought that I loved him back. I honestly love Ethan. I spend so much time with him, and even if I'm hanging around with some of my other friends, Ethan is there. I like that...

~Ethan's POV~

I love Emma so much. We have so much in common. We both took Music, Maths and Science for GCSE, we both have ADHD, we're both really sporty, we both love comedy and acting like idiots and lots more! I don't really know much about what happened with her in the few months before we started hanging out because she has never really wanted to talk about it. I'm going to ask her to be my girlfriend at the Summer concert after we perform with String Group which is really exciting. I really hope she says yes!

~Mark's POV~

I still love Emma but she hangs around with Ethan and the stupid Sixth Formers more often than not now, so there is no chance I'm gonna get her back. I can see she's happier now though. She is doing a lot better in class and seems generally better. I'm glad she's found someone better than me...

~Mr Earl's POV~

I am really happy that Emma is enjoying school, and life in general now. She does have medication for anxiety, along with the ADHD medication that she was recently given after she was diagnosed, but that doesn't really phase her. In English, within a month she went from 2nd off bottom in the class, to joint top with a boy called Jacob.

She is dating Ethan, which I'm not that concerned about because I know he's a good lad, and he'll look after her. I have offered for her to permanently live with me rather than just for the 2 years, and she's considering it. I know she loves Henderson, but she is the happiest she has ever been right now. She is spreading happiness around her class like never before. Everyone is generally happier around Emma, especially Ethan. Remember, before you judge a someone by their outer layer that everyone sees...

Broken crayons still colour.