Raindrops on the Windows
Waking from her dreamless sleep, Jess yawned and fell off the bed with a thud. She pulled herself up off the floorboards and pushed Mia, her cat, off her robe. She arched her back and hissed at Jess, her silky black fur stood on end and her mouth drew back into a scowl. Mia sat down again and started grooming herself, as Jess pulled on her silky white robe and her soft Japanese slippers.
She wandered into the bathroom and jumped into the shower, feeling the warm water drip down her arms and back was pure bliss. She tiptoed out of the shower, wrapped in a towel, careful not to wake her Mum. She found her uniform and slipped on her white polo and blue tartan skirt. She ran downstairs, grabbed an energy bar and helmet and sprinted to the shed. She scoffed down the energy bar in seconds, leaving a pile of crumbs on the floor which the sparrows came and ate.
She leapt on the seat of her bike, after fastening her helmet and walking to the gate, and sped off. This was pure bliss for her. She was at Harte High within minutes and she sped through the gates, narrowly missing a very stressed out Mr Turner, making him drop a huge pile of books.
She sat through History, Maths, English, Science and French before realising that she had Mr Turner for IT next. When she arrived she stayed at the back of the class, hiding behind Benjamin all lesson and at the end of the lesson she was the first out the door.
She made it to her bike and halfway home she remembered what happened two days ago…
She remembered seeing blue flashing lights between two houses in the distance. She wondered what was going on because the lights seemed rather close to her house…
She pedalled around the corner
She saw the police cars in front of her house and sped up a bit, maybe something had happened to her Mum…
She walked her bike around to the back garden and pulled it into the shed, while thinking about what the policeman had said
"Miss Holmes we are very sorry to have to tell you this. Your father has been lost at sea, is your mother home at the moment…"
