I didn't go straight home after school, instead I went to Anna's house. I go there every Monday so we can do homework. Anna lives in a house in the rich estate. It's huge! I love it. It has five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a huge lounge, a gym and two kitchens. My favourite part of the house are the sinks.
'So we have maths, science and a English homework tonight. Ugh, why do our teachers have us so much?' I whine.
'Come on Cass' Anna elbows me in the side. 'Its not that much. We can do it. Then when we're finished, we can stalk, I mean, "research" Thomas on the internet' she laughs.
Thomas was my ultimate crush. I had liked him since I first met him in year 2 of primary school. We used to sit together in classes and he would always borrow my pencils because he never brought his. We were like best friends, but then, one day, he just stopped talking to me. I met Anna when I started secondary school and I told her all about Thomas. Somehow, the word got out that I liked him, and a few weeks later, he had left the school. We stalk him every night on his social media though.
When we got to Anna's house, we went straight to her room and got out our homework. We started with maths.
'I don't understand this. I give up' I say as I hit my head off the desk. Maths is my worst subject .
'You haven't even started yet, come on' Anna says as she writes the answers in her book.
I sigh dramatically.
'Oh for goodness sake' she sighs and takes my book. I look at the clock on the wall while Anna writes the answers in my book.
'Thank you' I say innocently as I look at the answers.
'Thats the last time' she replied.
I nodded my head as we switched from maths to English. We had to write an essay on how World War One started. I forgot to pay attention in class so I didn't have many notes. All I had was.
A black hand assassin from Serbia killed Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne and they went to war. But because Austria had alliances with Italy and Germany, they went to war with Serbia, Russia, France and England.
It took us over an hour and a half to finish but we finally did it. It isn't the best essay I've ever written but at least it's not terrible. We decide to leave our Science work for now, as it isn't due in until Thursday, and we proceed to "research" Thomas.
There hasn't been much posted since last Monday because he hardly ever uses social media, but there was a photo of him smiling with his friends in what looked like a park somewhere. It sucks because when he moved, he moved so far away so I never get to see him, and when he left he didn't even say goodbye. It was very strange though, that he just disappeared.
'You should send him a message' Anna suggests as she goes into my inbox.
'No' I reply.
She sits up and faces me.
'Theres nothing to be scared of Cassie. You used to be best friends. It's not like you're some creepy girl who he's never met, sending him weird messages. Come on.'
Anna starts typing a message to Thomas. I reach for my phone but she pulls her hand away, where I can't reach it. I stand up and try to grab it but she's too quick. She stands up and runs out of her bedroom. I try to follow her but by the time I get up, she's disappeared.
'Anna, seriously! Come back!' I shout.
I hear giggling coming from the bathroom across the hall and I run in. Anna stands there smiling and gives my phone back to me.
'You better not have sent a message to him' I say as I re-open my messages. 'God dammit Anna.'
'I didn't say anything embarrassing, just read it'
I opened the message and read it out loud.
'Hi Thomas. We haven't talked in a while and I was just checking if you were ok :) '
'Hmm. I suppose it's not that bad' I say as I check the time on my phone. 'It's half six, I'd better go home now.
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'Hi Zoe, I'm home!' I shout as I close the front door behind me.
I dump my bag on the floor and walk into the kitchen. I see Zoe sitting on a chair, doing a daily vlog. I decide not to disturb her and just go straight to my room. I sit on my bed and reach for my diary. I've kept this diary since the day I arrived at Zoe's. I sit back and write down the events of the day. A while later, I hear Zoe coming up the stairs so I quickly hide my diary under my pillow. She knocks on my door and I tell her to come in.
'Hi. Did you have a god day today?' She asks me.
'Can't complain' I tell her (even though I can)
'That's good. I've just finished my vlog. I'm going to edit it now and upload it in the morning'
'Cool' I say.
Zoe looks at the clock on my bedside table and gasps.
'Its half eleven. You should be asleep' she leans over and gives me a hug before leaving the room.
'Ill see you in the morning. Goodnight!' She shouts from outside my bedroom.
'Goodnight'
