Emma walked to room 119. On the outside of the door read the words Ms. Blanchard fifth grade class. Emma remembered Ruby telling her how awesome of a teach Ms. Blanchard was.
Emma walked in looking at the piece of paper the guidance counselor gave her, to give to her teacher. She looked up from the paper to see that the teacher was preoccupied looking out of the window at some students arriving to school. Emma realized she was the first one there.
"Excuse me, my name is Emma and I'm new here".
The teacher turned around and looked down at the ten year old. As soon as they looked into each other's eyes both felt as if they knew each other, as if they have seen each other before. Ms. Blanchard shook her head to free herself from the roaming thought she was having in her head.
"I'm sorry. My name is Ms. Blanchard. I'm your teacher and it's nice to meet you". She reached out her hands to shake the little girl hands and as soon as their hands touched, Ms. Blanchard had a vision of her in a window pregnant holding a bird on her finger. As soon as it came, it was gone and pushed away from her mind, like a forgotten memory.
" So, let me show you your seat here Emma. Hmm… Emma. What a pretty name".
Emma smiled at her teacher, "thank you". Ms. Blanchard showed Emma a desk in the front row that she could sit at. Emma did not want to sit in the front row but she did not want to argue with Ms. Blanchard who seemed like such a nice lady.
Slowly kids filed right into the room and took their seats. All the kids looked at Emma and smiled. Everyone would you like to introduce your selves to Emma today? One by one each of the kids said their name. Eventually it was Emma's turn.
"My name is Emma and I am 10. I'm really 9 but my birthday is next month so I might as well be ten right? I lived in Boston and New York. And now I live here with my grandma".
A girl raised her hand. "Yes Alex? Do you have a question for Emma"?
"Do you like staying here Emma"? Alex asked.
"I do actually". Emma smiled.