Being that it was a fairly normal day, Ruby Holland was five minutes early... (what did you expect me to say she was late?)..anyway, she was early for class that Thursday morning. She calmly sat down in her chair three rows back. She watched as her classmates walked in over the next four minutes. Her friend Elizabeth Peter walked to Ruby and sat in the desk that she had claimed at the beginning of that year.

They didn't say anything, but that gave Ruby a minute to think. It was exactly a week until Thanksgiving and her cousins were coming that Sunday or Monday. She was kinda hoping it was Monday because she wanted to spend the entire weekend talking over Skype with her best friends. Right then the teacher walked in and began the first lesson of that highschool day.

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Friday afternoon, my new beanie sat on my head, a pencil in hand as I answered the last question of my work that day. I looked at the sky outside the window I was sitting by in my science class. The sun brightened the blue sky and the classroom as the bell rang. The teacher was saying something about a quiz next week as I practicly ran out of the room backpack boucing on my back. I grabbed my purse from my locker, along with a few reading books, and started the 30 min walk home.

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I giggled and flopped on my bed as I was pounced on by my brother's puppy when I walked in. I got back up and shed my jacket and boots leaving my Slytherin tshirt. I picked my computer up off of my desk and put it on my bed, I turned it on and started watching YouTube videos.

A few hours later, being 8:00(after dinner), my Skype went off and I looked up from my phone to my computer and saw a,'Hey'.

I typed back,'Hi', and ,'how's it going?'

'Little homesick...otherwise good.'

My friend Sam Jackiiop, my blonde 'older brother'/close friend, was working in a town away from home...long way. I could sympathize though, I never like being away from family and friends for too long.

'-sympathizing with you-' I typed up and looked over through my contacts to see our partner in crime...(jk)...Taylor Swire was on, I had never met him irl but he was like a brother to me. When I looked back up I grabbed my headphones and tried hitting the green 'pick up' button, our group chat was calling. I hit it plugged in my headphones and smiled and my closest friends came on screen.

"Hi guys," I waved at them.

"Hi Ruby," Sam also waved.

"Hi," Taylor was looking at something else, meaning he wasnt very focased on the camera, also meaning his 'Hi' was very flat and I nearly didn't hear it.

"Hi Tay," I said looking back down at the drawing I was working on. I looked back up noticing the quiet space in my headphones. "Hello are you guys okay?" I waved my hands around thinking it was a glitch, but my camera kept up. "Okay guys not funny." I ignored them for a while and went back to my art.

"Ruby you there?" I heard Sam's voice and looked up.

"I don't fall for those kinds of things Sam.." I raised my eyebrow at them both. Taylor was fighting laughter and Sam was making faces, normal.

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We talked for hours and finally said bye at ten-thirty. I put all of my things back where they belong and watched more YouTube on my phone until eleven. I put my phone away and went to sleep.

-(In other news XP)-

"Are you sure about this?"

"I'm positive."

Thanks for reading guys, can't wait for this to continue. This is a short one, but I had to cut it in half. So there is another chapter coming soon.

Love ya
See you round gemstones
TheWriter out