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Two Roads Diverged
Chapter 5: Best Friends Forever
Lucy waved goodbye to her dad, and headed over to her cubbie. She opened it up, and placed her lunchbox inside. She scanned the room, but saw no Emma. She hadn't arrived yet. So, Lucy wandered over to the tables, and sat, waiting for her friend.
She had given up all hope, when suddenly, just as the bell was ringing, a tall blonde woman, followed by a blonde little girl who looked exactly like her, right down to the way she walked, entered the classroom.
"Hello Miss Bennett, sorry we're so late!" the woman called out, apologetically.
Miss Bennett gave the woman a reassuring smile. "Don't worry about it. Emma, why don't you go put your things in your cubbie, class will start in a few minutes."
Emma nodded, and gave her mother a kiss on the cheek. "Bye Mom!" she called, as she started for the cubbie.
"Bye sweetie!" the woman called, as she rushed out of the room.
After Emma was done, she walked over to Lucy. "Hi!" she called out.
"Hi." Lucy replied, getting up from her seat. "Your Mom is really pretty! She looks just like you!"
Emma laughed. "Thanks. She's pretty cool. Your Mom looks nice too." She offered.
Lucy scrunched up her face. "My Mom?" she asked, very confused.
"You know, that woman you were walking home with yesterday." Emma replied. "Wasn't that your Mom?"
Lucy thought for a minute. "Oh!" she exclaimed. "You mean Amy!"
"Your Mom's name is Amy?" Emma asked, genuinely puzzled. Maybe kids in Boston called their parents by their first names. She'd have to ask Mom, er. Lizzie, about this later.
Lucy began to giggle hysterically.
"What?" Emma asked, innocently.
"Amy's not my Mom!" Lucy explained, calming down a bit. "Amy's my 2nd cousin. She watches me after school everyday."
"Oh!" Emma exclaimed, getting it. "Your parents work?"
"Yep." Lucy replied. "Well my Dad does. I don't have a Mom. She died when I was really little."
Emma felt bad. She hadn't meant to make Lucy sad. "I'm sorry." She told her.
"Its ok. I don't remember her at all, so I don't have anything to be sad about really. I mean, I wish she was still alive cuz my dad misses her a lot, but we're alright." Lucy explained. "We have Amy, she was my mom's cousin, and my grandparents."
"That's good." Emma replied.
Lucy nodded her head. "What about you? Do have any cousins? Or brothers or sisters?" she asked.
"Well, here in Boston, it's just me and my mom." Emma explained.
"Did your dad die?" Lucy asked.
"No. I don't have a dad." Emma responded.
"Oh." Lucy remarked. She was confused. She thought everyone had a dad. Then again, Emma probably thought everyone had a mom.
"So anyway, Nana and Granpa Sam live in California." She continued. "So does Uncle Matt, Aunt Melina and Olivia."
"Is that your cousin?" Lucy asked.
Emma nodded her head. "She's 4. We used to play everyday when I lived there."
"That's neat." Lucy remarked.
Just then, Miss Bennett announced the beginning of class. The children stopped what they were doing and took their seats on the round rug, waiting for Miss Bennett to tell them what they would be doing today.
"Before we start our activities boys and girls, we're going to make they class birthday board. That way, when we have a birthday coming up, we can organize a little party." She explained. "I'm going to call out a month, and if your birthday is in that month, raise your hand, and I will call on you to ask you what day. We'll start with September. Anyone?"
2 students stood up, and Miss Bennett wrote down their information. Then she continued onto October.
"Great." Emma whispered to Lucy. "I'm going to be dead last."
"Why?" Lucy asked. "When is your birthday?"
"July." Emma replied.
"No way!" Lucy exclaimed. "Mine too! That's so cool!"
"Awesome!" Emma agreed. "I thought I'd be the baby of the class." The girls laughed. Miss Bennett continued on through November, December, all the way through June until she finally reached it. "Okay, who has a July birthday?"
Emma and Lucy both raised their hands.
"Ok girls." Miss Bennett wrote their names under July. "Lucy. What day in July?"
"July 7th." Lucy replied.
"That's mine too!" Emma shrieked.
"Wow! What a coincidence!" she remarked. "But Emma, please remember to use your inside voice, ok?"
"Sorry." Emma replied. She looked over at Lucy, eyes wide with disbelief.
After the birthday board was done, it was free time. Lucy and Emma sat down in the book nook.
"I can't believe we were born on the same day!" Lucy exclaimed.
"I know!" Emma agreed. "We're like twins!"
The girls laughed.
"Yeah, except we look nothing alike!" Lucy pointed out.
Emma made a face. "True." She agreed. "But it means we should definitely be best friends! Its like a sign or something."
"Yeah!" Lucy agreed excitedly. "Best friends forever?"
"Best friends forever!" Emma echoed. "No matter what!"
TBC!
Review!
Disclaimer: None.
Two Roads Diverged
Chapter 5: Best Friends Forever
Lucy waved goodbye to her dad, and headed over to her cubbie. She opened it up, and placed her lunchbox inside. She scanned the room, but saw no Emma. She hadn't arrived yet. So, Lucy wandered over to the tables, and sat, waiting for her friend.
She had given up all hope, when suddenly, just as the bell was ringing, a tall blonde woman, followed by a blonde little girl who looked exactly like her, right down to the way she walked, entered the classroom.
"Hello Miss Bennett, sorry we're so late!" the woman called out, apologetically.
Miss Bennett gave the woman a reassuring smile. "Don't worry about it. Emma, why don't you go put your things in your cubbie, class will start in a few minutes."
Emma nodded, and gave her mother a kiss on the cheek. "Bye Mom!" she called, as she started for the cubbie.
"Bye sweetie!" the woman called, as she rushed out of the room.
After Emma was done, she walked over to Lucy. "Hi!" she called out.
"Hi." Lucy replied, getting up from her seat. "Your Mom is really pretty! She looks just like you!"
Emma laughed. "Thanks. She's pretty cool. Your Mom looks nice too." She offered.
Lucy scrunched up her face. "My Mom?" she asked, very confused.
"You know, that woman you were walking home with yesterday." Emma replied. "Wasn't that your Mom?"
Lucy thought for a minute. "Oh!" she exclaimed. "You mean Amy!"
"Your Mom's name is Amy?" Emma asked, genuinely puzzled. Maybe kids in Boston called their parents by their first names. She'd have to ask Mom, er. Lizzie, about this later.
Lucy began to giggle hysterically.
"What?" Emma asked, innocently.
"Amy's not my Mom!" Lucy explained, calming down a bit. "Amy's my 2nd cousin. She watches me after school everyday."
"Oh!" Emma exclaimed, getting it. "Your parents work?"
"Yep." Lucy replied. "Well my Dad does. I don't have a Mom. She died when I was really little."
Emma felt bad. She hadn't meant to make Lucy sad. "I'm sorry." She told her.
"Its ok. I don't remember her at all, so I don't have anything to be sad about really. I mean, I wish she was still alive cuz my dad misses her a lot, but we're alright." Lucy explained. "We have Amy, she was my mom's cousin, and my grandparents."
"That's good." Emma replied.
Lucy nodded her head. "What about you? Do have any cousins? Or brothers or sisters?" she asked.
"Well, here in Boston, it's just me and my mom." Emma explained.
"Did your dad die?" Lucy asked.
"No. I don't have a dad." Emma responded.
"Oh." Lucy remarked. She was confused. She thought everyone had a dad. Then again, Emma probably thought everyone had a mom.
"So anyway, Nana and Granpa Sam live in California." She continued. "So does Uncle Matt, Aunt Melina and Olivia."
"Is that your cousin?" Lucy asked.
Emma nodded her head. "She's 4. We used to play everyday when I lived there."
"That's neat." Lucy remarked.
Just then, Miss Bennett announced the beginning of class. The children stopped what they were doing and took their seats on the round rug, waiting for Miss Bennett to tell them what they would be doing today.
"Before we start our activities boys and girls, we're going to make they class birthday board. That way, when we have a birthday coming up, we can organize a little party." She explained. "I'm going to call out a month, and if your birthday is in that month, raise your hand, and I will call on you to ask you what day. We'll start with September. Anyone?"
2 students stood up, and Miss Bennett wrote down their information. Then she continued onto October.
"Great." Emma whispered to Lucy. "I'm going to be dead last."
"Why?" Lucy asked. "When is your birthday?"
"July." Emma replied.
"No way!" Lucy exclaimed. "Mine too! That's so cool!"
"Awesome!" Emma agreed. "I thought I'd be the baby of the class." The girls laughed. Miss Bennett continued on through November, December, all the way through June until she finally reached it. "Okay, who has a July birthday?"
Emma and Lucy both raised their hands.
"Ok girls." Miss Bennett wrote their names under July. "Lucy. What day in July?"
"July 7th." Lucy replied.
"That's mine too!" Emma shrieked.
"Wow! What a coincidence!" she remarked. "But Emma, please remember to use your inside voice, ok?"
"Sorry." Emma replied. She looked over at Lucy, eyes wide with disbelief.
After the birthday board was done, it was free time. Lucy and Emma sat down in the book nook.
"I can't believe we were born on the same day!" Lucy exclaimed.
"I know!" Emma agreed. "We're like twins!"
The girls laughed.
"Yeah, except we look nothing alike!" Lucy pointed out.
Emma made a face. "True." She agreed. "But it means we should definitely be best friends! Its like a sign or something."
"Yeah!" Lucy agreed excitedly. "Best friends forever?"
"Best friends forever!" Emma echoed. "No matter what!"
TBC!
Review!