"You are very interesting, Alexandra." A voice from behind me.
I spun around in my church pew. A girl was sitting directly behind my head. She had long, auburn hair, which fell around her face in perfect waves. She was grinning.
"I'm.. I'm sorry?" I leant to the backrest, twisting my dress, and furrowed my brow.
"We should be friends." The girl carried on.
"Wait.. I don't get... How do you even know my name? And how am I interesting?"
The girl tugged at a few strands of hair. She pointed to my back. "The label on your dress is sticking out-" -I tucked it back in self consciously- "- And it has your name written on it. And you're interesting because you seem to not like it here."
I shrugged. "It's church. My parents are obsessed. I don't really get it."
"Yeah, me too. I mean, I believe in God and all, but..."
The girl blew air out of her cheeks and rolled her eyes.
"... This is so boring. I mean, come on, we're eleven years old. We should be messing around or sleeping in on Sunday mornings. Not listening to some guy giving out the same old stuff every week."
I glanced forward, at mum and dad. They're a few rows ahead. They left me here to catch up with some people, or something. The couple mum was talking to both had bright red hair.
I figured they were the girl's parents.
I whirled back round and caught the girl's attention again.
"Psst. Hey. Do you want to get out of here?"
The girl's eyes widened. A mixture of shock and excitement.
"There's a park up the road, Alexandra, let's go there! Just for a bit. Before the parents are done."
She did a theatrical wink, then jumped silently from her seat. I caught up with her as she ducked between the pews, racing up to the door.
"Hey, what's your name? You never told me.." I whispered to her as she slipped through the door.
Her head popped back around.
"Molly. I'm Molly. Nice to meet you, Alexandra."
She grabbed my hand and I pulled myself through the church door, my eleven year old heart thumping with excitement and the thought of rebellion.
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Teen Fiction*You can view my pinterest pinspiration board for my story here: http://www.pinterest.com/natalie8383/a-w-a-y/. It has quotes, character pictures and setting photos that inspired me to write this, etc. :)* Synopsis: "I hold the edges of the ticket b...
