Chapter 2:
Why do all corridors look the same? Ava thought as she looked from one corridor to another. Looking at her timetable she knew she was supposed to be on her way to English with someone called Mr Clarkson, who also happened to be her form tutor, but she didn't have a clue which direction she was supposed to be going in. Ava leant against the wall and could feel the familiar sensation of a lump building in her throat. She couldn't do this. It was too soon. Ava was just about to scrumple up the timetable in her hand when she heard a voice next to her.
"Are you ok? You look lost." the voice said and Ava pulled her attention back to where she was. The girl had long blond hair tied in a pony tail and was wearing a pink hoody that was sliding off her shoulder at one side.
"I'm trying to find Mr Clarkson's English class" Ava said shakily and passed her timetable over to the girl.
"That's my class. I'm Sam by the way. My real name is Sambuca but everyone just calls me Sam." The girl explained and motioned at Ava to follow her.
"What happened to you? All those bruises and cuts and stuff. It must have hurt." Sam said casually as the duo walked down the corridor. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want too." Sam said quickly as she thought about what she had just said. "Sorry, I tend to speak without thinking first." She explained and smiled at Ava.
"It's ok. I just don't want to talk about it." Ava said lightly. This Sam girl seemed ok and she didn't want to scare her away straight away by being rude.
"Come on girls!" A male voice shouted from down the corridor. Ava turned to see a teacher who she assumed to be Mr Clarkson herding the stragglers into his lesson.
"And you must be Ava," Mr Clarkson said as Ava made her way towards Mr Clarkson. "Oh, you've been in the wars haven't you?" Mr Clarkson commented before following the two girls into the classroom. Ava watched as Sam went and sat on a desk with a smaller girl with brown curly hair and motioned to Ava to sit in an empty chair at the desk next to them.
Ava reached into her bag to get a pen out ready. She knew she should be trying to make this work and for it to work, she needed to concentrate. However, she knew that it was going to be easier said than done. She had always been a bit of a daydreamer and had never really had to pay attention before. She always had Isla for that.
Suddenly Ava was pulled away from her thoughts by someone saying her name. "Ava, are you listening?" Mr Clarkson asked firmly but Ava carried on pretending she hadn't heard him. She didn't really care what he had to say. She guessed her must have given up and asked someone else as she didn't hear her name again, so once again her mind went wandering off to when she lived back in Birmingham, back to Isla. Ava placed her hand down the side of her collar and grasped hold of the gold chain spinning it round until she found the heart shaped locked dangling from it, lifting it over her collar to fiddle with.
"Ava, can you put the necklace away please." Mr Clarkson said but once again Ava wasn't listening. Instead, her gaze was focused out of the window, no acknowledgement the teacher had even spoke.
"Ava!" Mr Clarkson shouted causing her to jump and turn to look at him. "Necklace away or it'll have to stay with me until home time." Mr Clarkson explained but he knew it was no good. Ava either wasn't listening, or didn't care. Mr Clarkson walks from behind his desk over to Ava holding his hand out.
"Take it off please." Mr Clarkson said firmly.
"No." Ava said simply as she maintained her focus outside of the window.
"Pardon?" Mr Clarkson said sternly still holding his hand out.
"I said no." Ava said defiantly as she turned to look at Mr Clarkson. "It's not bothering anyone so I don't see why I should." Ava snapped and instantly regretted it. She knew she had overstepped the mark.
"Get your things. Your going to the cooler." Mr Clarkson said simply lowering his hand to his side. He watched as Ava shoved her pen bag in her bag and followed her out of the classroom door.
Well done Ava. She thought to herself as she was ushered down the corridor. Great start.
Thank you to whoever left the review on my first chapter, it means a lot to know someone is actually reading this and enjoying it. I hope you enjoyed this chapter too. All will be revealed about what has happened in a few chapters