Chapter 2; A Friend
Several weeks later I started going to school. Let me just say it's a lot easier without five other people to look after. I still just love the homework though! (Hint of sarcasm there.) A week after that we had our first Life Science test.
"What? A test already!" the girl beside me nodded. "This is a challenging school," she replied. "Hey, what's your name?" "Max." "Cool name. Want to join me for lunch?" "Sure, I could really use a friend." "Me too." "Great, but what's your name?" "Suzie." And that is how I made my first friend. And I could tell she was trust worthy.
"You wanna come to my house to study for the Science Test?" I asked her at lunch. It felt like we had known each other forever though we only knew each other for several hours. Then it occurred to me that I hadn't had any real friends outside the flock (Not including my half sister). "Sure, I'll have to call my mom though, to tell her where I am." I slurped up the rest of my third juice box and started to get up. "Wait I have one question. Actually two. One, "How, do you eat so much and not get fat?" "Well I don't really know. Fast metabolism maybe?" "Oh, and you don't have any birds at your house do you? I'm really allergic." "That won't be a problem. They're all one now." "What do you mean, they're all gone now?" "It uh… died." "Aww, sorry about your bird." I threw my trash away, and she followed. Then we split up for classes.
We met up later on for art. Our project was to go out by the school pond and sculpt anything to do with nature. I finished my sculpture last and decided not to present it. Suzie came over to view it anyway though. She pulled a strand of light brown hair behind her ear and adjusted her delicate glasses. She was wearing a smack smothered in paint, over a green striped long sleeve top. She was wearing tan pants. She reminded me of Chelsea from High School Musical. Ella made me watch it twice, then the sequels.
"Whoa, that's good. What gave you that idea?" "Um… It's a… sculpting of what my bird would've looked like as a human with wings. His name was Nick." Then I realized that I had involuntarily sculpted a miniature statue of Fang. "It kind of looks like Fang from Fang's blog." "Oh, yeah I guess I sculpted it like this because he had the same dark personality." Then it hit me in the head! If Fang were alive he would write in his blog!
That night Suzie and I walked to my house. Her house was several blocks down. "Mom! I'm home!" "Okay, I'm in the kitchen." "C'mon." We walked in the kitchen. "Oh Max you've made a friend!" "Yeah." "Maybe this will help you move on from…" she trailed off. "From Nick, my bird?" I finished. "Yea, him." "Mom, this is Suzie." "Suzie, Mom." "Nice to meet you. Oh you two look so cute in your matching bags." I looked down to reveal that we had the same satchel. "Mom we're going upstairs." "Have you finished your homework?" "Yes we did it in study hall." We moved upstairs and into my room. I took out my Fang Statue and placed it on my dresser. Then I checked Fang's blog. It hadn't been written in for weeks. Drat!
"What is a Cell Membrane?" "A thin protective layer over the cell," I answered. "In more detail…" "Dinner!" "Coming!" I said to get out of more details. "C'mon." We skidded down the stairs and we ate.
The next day flew by. I have no idea what I made in science. Also during art I made replicas of the rest of the flock. We had a double art today! When it was time to leave on Friday, I had already scheduled a sleepover with Suzie for Saturday . I couldn't wait. Then some more important matters. Matters that made me put my full trust in Suzie.