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Moving Away
Amy Sutton was getting ready to head over to Elizabeth Wakefield's house. Elizabeth and Amy were best friends.
When she entered the living room, her mother was on the phone sounding excited about something. Mr. Sutton entered the room just as Mrs. Sutton was hanging up."Dyan, what's going on?" Mr. Sutton asked.
"I got the television newscaster job!" Mrs. Sutton exclaimed and she and her husband kissed on the lips.
"Honey, that's amazing news."
"I start in a couple weeks."
"Where is this job?" Amy asked.
"It's in Connecticut," Mrs. Sutton said. "We should start packing so we can move."
"We also need to find a place to live," Mr. Sutton said.
Amy left the house while her parents continued to talk. She couldn't believe that she had to move away from the only place she's known.
Elizabeth and Amy were in the kitchen baking brownies. Elizabeth noticed that Amy wasn't acting like herself.
Just then, Elizabeth's identical twin sister Jessica, entered the kitchen. She was chatting with her friends Lila Fowler and Ellen Riteman.
Jessica got some soda and snacks for her friends. Then the three of them left the kitchen.
"Everything OK, Amy?" Elizabeth asked with concern.
"My mother got a new job," Amy said unhappily.
"Isn't that a good thing?"
"Not if it involves moving away from everything I know."
Elizabeth put an arm around Amy and squeezed tightly. Amy rested her head on Elizabeth's shoulder and put an arm around her.
"I'm glad Amy's moving away," Lila said once she, Ellen, and Jessica were in Jessica's messy room.
"Same with me," Ellen said.
"I'm also glad," Jessica said. "I feel bad for Lizzie, though. She's probably taking this hard."
"She'll get over it," Lila said.
"She can always make new friends," Ellen chimed in.
"Not to mention spend time with her other friends," Jessica said. "Like Maria Slater and Todd Wilkins."
Just then, the doorbell rang and Jessica went downstairs to answer it. She came back up a few minutes later with Mandy Miller and Mary Wallace.
"How's everything going?" Mandy asked.
"Amy's moving to Connecticut in a couple weeks," Jessica explained.
"Does Elizabeth know?" Mary asked and Jessica nodded.
Jessica, Ellen, and Lila started discussing how glad they were about Amy leaving. Mandy and Mary excused themselves and left the room.
Later that night, Elizabeth was writing in her journal about the events of the day. She couldn't believe that her best friend was moving to the other side of the country in a couple weeks.
Amy agreed to spend as much time with Elizabeth as she could. They planned to go to the mall the following day with Maria and Todd.
Elizabeth got herself ready for bed after closing her journal and putting it away. When she was brushing her teeth, she saw that Jessica had gone to bed since her light was off.
Elizabeth turned off her light and got into her bed. She buried her face in her pillow, broke down completely, and then slowly drifted off to sleep.
To be continued…