Elle woke up Monday mourning and looked out her window. She saw the tall trees and the perfumed flowers. The sreet was empty with cars but it was normal. Elle had only ever seen a few cars drive by. She saw the city above a small hill in which she loved to site on and watch the city. She never had anything better to do and she liked it very much. Elle always wondered what it would feel like to be free and walk around the city without a care in the world.
Elle never had so much fun. All the toys in the orfinage were either for the adults or the infants. She was always in between. So she would go to a quite place, like that hill, and think; Think about her life and everything around it; think about how nice it would be to just go out to the city and do whatever she wanted; think about her future and what it holds. But everytime she thought about that made her shudder alot. It was like something terrible will happen or something.
Elle heard Lily call her for breakfast. She walked across her small room and opened the bottem drawer of her three drawer dresser. Elle pulled out a red, short-sleved shirt and put it on. She opened the middle drawer and pulled out blue jean shorts and put them on too. She went to her night stand and pulled out a pair of socks from the drawer. Under her bed she found her sparkely red shoes and put them on too.
Elle went down stairs and ate break fast. Cereal as usual. When she was finished, she rinsed her plate and placed it in the dish washer. Then she put on her jacket and walked toward the door. But Lily, then, blocked her.
"'Where do you think you're going?" she asked.
"School,' said Elle happily.
"Well, of course you knew that I was going to drive you?" said Lily taking her coat off the coat rack.
Oh great. Now Elle won't be able to walk in the city. She went outside and waved to Flora, another person who worked in the orfinage, who waved back.
"Have fun, sweety!" she called. Elle hated when Miss. Flora called her sweety.
When she was at school, she waited in the hall for her teacher, Miss. Jenn, to introduce her to the class. Elle had only seen Miss. Jenn once and that was when she was walking down the hallway when she was sitting in front of the principal's office. She looked extrememly young, like she just finished school and her hair was long, dirty blond. Her eyes were green and she, then, wore a short, tight, blue dress. Elle thought that maybe she was a diva. But this made her laugh.
After about a few minutes, Miss. Jenn stuck her head out the door and said that she could come in. Elle sat up and walked toward the classroom. When she stepped inside, Miss. Jenn said "Everyone, meet our new classmate, Elle White!"
Elle White? She was never called that before. She was always just 'Elle.' Besides, 'White' is Lilies' last name. But she didn't care. She thought that it made her part of the class. Miss. Jenn told her to sit in the way back, behind a girl with pink hair in pink pig tails.
At the end of the day was lunch. Elle sat underneath a Cherry Blossem tree and took out her lunch bag. It was a normal brown paper bag. She took out her lunch and all she had was a jelly sandwhich and a juice box. All the other kids had deserts and carrots. Besides, Elle didn't even like jelly. She thought that since all the other kids in the orfinage love jelly, Lily must have forgotten.
Just then the girl she sat behind came up.
"Hi, I'm Rini." She said brightly.
"H-hello." said Elle uncertaintly.
"Do you mind if I eat lunch with you?" asked Rini.
Elle felt like she was just hit with lightening. Someone actually wanted to sit and eat lunch with her? Oh...but she doesn't know that she is from the orfinage. Elle decided not to tell her.
"Well?"' asked Rini.
"Oh!" said Elle shocking back into reality. "Sure, sure."' She moved her sandwhich, which she through on the ground, away.
All through lunch time, Elle was having the best time ever with Rini. She even gave half of her sandwhich and dessert to Elle. When they finished lunch, they hurried over to the jungle gym and started to do flips. Elle had never done a flip before, or at least she doesn't remember her doing any types of flips.
At the end of school, Rini asked if Elle could come over.
'"Yeah!" yelled Elle almost immediatly but remembered about Lily waiting in the car to pick her up 'Well...' she said slowly.
"'If you can't come, it's okay." said Rini nicely.
"No...it's not that. It's just...my...uh...mom is picking me up. I can go ask her if you want!'
"Well, you have to ask her anyway. It isn't like we can just do whatever we want."
Elle's smile wiped clear off her face "W-what? You mean, we can't just walk around freely? In the city?"
"'Well of course not," said Rini. "You need permission from your parents to go outside and stuff. Why?"
All of Elle's dreams were gone. She thought that you could do anything if you weren't stuck in an orfinage prison.
"'No reason..."' said Elle slowly.
"Well...aren't you going to ask?"
"Oh!" again Elle popped back into reality and started running toward Lilies' mini van. "Lily,"' she panted 'I was wondering if I could go over my friends house?"'
Elle could see that Lily was shocked that she had made a new friend already.
"Well," Lily said slowly "'Sure. But, do you know your way back?"' Elle was confused. Wouldn't Lily pick her up? Because she wouldn't be able to walk home because you need permission. Is Lily giving her permission?
"'Umm...' said Elle slowly 'Yeah."
"'Okay, good!"' said Lily with a smile"'I'll be expecting you back at six o'clock." And Lily drove off.
When Elle was at Rini's house, she noticed at once that teens sitting in the front. One had blond hair in pig tails. One had long black hair. One had short blue hair. One had brown hair in a pony tail. And one had long blond hair.
"'Hi everyone!"' said Rini "Meet my new friend Elle!"' everyone waved and said 'Nice to meet you.'
Elle thought they were really nice because they offered her and Rini some cup cakes. Elle had only had a cup cake once...that she can remember...and that was when one of the infants had a birthday party. Elle took one and her and Rini skipped to her room and shut the door.
Elle had so much fun at her house! They played tag and hide 'n seek. They walked to the candy store with Serena, the blond haired girl in pig tails. Elle found out the Rini and Serena were cousins. The three went to the book store too, on Elle's request. She loved to read books. They only had a few books in the orfinage so Serena bought her some.
At the end of the day, Rini asked if she could come over her house one day.
"'I don't know..."' said Elle slowly. Now Elle had to tell Rini that she was an orfine.
"Why not?' asked Rini disappointedly.
"Promise you'll still be my friend if I told you?"' asked Elle.
"Yeah, of course. I'll always be your friend.'
Elle looked at the crack in the doorway and saw Serena and her friends in listening. 'You guys can hear too!' she called. Serena, Mina, Amy, Raye and Lita all came outside where Rini and Elle were.
'I-I-I am an orfin...' she said slowly. Elle heard a long silence.
Then Rini spoke "Well thats okay!"' she said like it was no big deal.
"I didn't tell you before because i knew that you wouldn't eat lunch with me."' said Elle.
"Well, it's no big deal! you just don't have any parents. You still have a family." said Rini.
"Well..." said Elle "That's not all."
"What?" asked Rini.
Elle told them about the last things she remembered before she woke up in the hospital. When she finished, she looked around to see there expresions. They all had the same; 'I feel so sorry for you' kinda faces.
"Well..." said Rini slowly "'I'm still your friend! That's all in the past!"'
Elle felt a whole lot better and left down the street with a giant smile. She looked over her shoulder and saw all of them talking about something. She could see one of them mouth 'Rini, I don't think you should see her anymore...' The smile vanished right off Elle's face and turned away.
"I knew I shouldn't have told them!" she cried as she ran into the city, in the oppisite direction of the orfanage.
Elle never had so much fun. All the toys in the orfinage were either for the adults or the infants. She was always in between. So she would go to a quite place, like that hill, and think; Think about her life and everything around it; think about how nice it would be to just go out to the city and do whatever she wanted; think about her future and what it holds. But everytime she thought about that made her shudder alot. It was like something terrible will happen or something.
Elle heard Lily call her for breakfast. She walked across her small room and opened the bottem drawer of her three drawer dresser. Elle pulled out a red, short-sleved shirt and put it on. She opened the middle drawer and pulled out blue jean shorts and put them on too. She went to her night stand and pulled out a pair of socks from the drawer. Under her bed she found her sparkely red shoes and put them on too.
Elle went down stairs and ate break fast. Cereal as usual. When she was finished, she rinsed her plate and placed it in the dish washer. Then she put on her jacket and walked toward the door. But Lily, then, blocked her.
"'Where do you think you're going?" she asked.
"School,' said Elle happily.
"Well, of course you knew that I was going to drive you?" said Lily taking her coat off the coat rack.
Oh great. Now Elle won't be able to walk in the city. She went outside and waved to Flora, another person who worked in the orfinage, who waved back.
"Have fun, sweety!" she called. Elle hated when Miss. Flora called her sweety.
When she was at school, she waited in the hall for her teacher, Miss. Jenn, to introduce her to the class. Elle had only seen Miss. Jenn once and that was when she was walking down the hallway when she was sitting in front of the principal's office. She looked extrememly young, like she just finished school and her hair was long, dirty blond. Her eyes were green and she, then, wore a short, tight, blue dress. Elle thought that maybe she was a diva. But this made her laugh.
After about a few minutes, Miss. Jenn stuck her head out the door and said that she could come in. Elle sat up and walked toward the classroom. When she stepped inside, Miss. Jenn said "Everyone, meet our new classmate, Elle White!"
Elle White? She was never called that before. She was always just 'Elle.' Besides, 'White' is Lilies' last name. But she didn't care. She thought that it made her part of the class. Miss. Jenn told her to sit in the way back, behind a girl with pink hair in pink pig tails.
At the end of the day was lunch. Elle sat underneath a Cherry Blossem tree and took out her lunch bag. It was a normal brown paper bag. She took out her lunch and all she had was a jelly sandwhich and a juice box. All the other kids had deserts and carrots. Besides, Elle didn't even like jelly. She thought that since all the other kids in the orfinage love jelly, Lily must have forgotten.
Just then the girl she sat behind came up.
"Hi, I'm Rini." She said brightly.
"H-hello." said Elle uncertaintly.
"Do you mind if I eat lunch with you?" asked Rini.
Elle felt like she was just hit with lightening. Someone actually wanted to sit and eat lunch with her? Oh...but she doesn't know that she is from the orfinage. Elle decided not to tell her.
"Well?"' asked Rini.
"Oh!" said Elle shocking back into reality. "Sure, sure."' She moved her sandwhich, which she through on the ground, away.
All through lunch time, Elle was having the best time ever with Rini. She even gave half of her sandwhich and dessert to Elle. When they finished lunch, they hurried over to the jungle gym and started to do flips. Elle had never done a flip before, or at least she doesn't remember her doing any types of flips.
At the end of school, Rini asked if Elle could come over.
'"Yeah!" yelled Elle almost immediatly but remembered about Lily waiting in the car to pick her up 'Well...' she said slowly.
"'If you can't come, it's okay." said Rini nicely.
"No...it's not that. It's just...my...uh...mom is picking me up. I can go ask her if you want!'
"Well, you have to ask her anyway. It isn't like we can just do whatever we want."
Elle's smile wiped clear off her face "W-what? You mean, we can't just walk around freely? In the city?"
"'Well of course not," said Rini. "You need permission from your parents to go outside and stuff. Why?"
All of Elle's dreams were gone. She thought that you could do anything if you weren't stuck in an orfinage prison.
"'No reason..."' said Elle slowly.
"Well...aren't you going to ask?"
"Oh!" again Elle popped back into reality and started running toward Lilies' mini van. "Lily,"' she panted 'I was wondering if I could go over my friends house?"'
Elle could see that Lily was shocked that she had made a new friend already.
"Well," Lily said slowly "'Sure. But, do you know your way back?"' Elle was confused. Wouldn't Lily pick her up? Because she wouldn't be able to walk home because you need permission. Is Lily giving her permission?
"'Umm...' said Elle slowly 'Yeah."
"'Okay, good!"' said Lily with a smile"'I'll be expecting you back at six o'clock." And Lily drove off.
When Elle was at Rini's house, she noticed at once that teens sitting in the front. One had blond hair in pig tails. One had long black hair. One had short blue hair. One had brown hair in a pony tail. And one had long blond hair.
"'Hi everyone!"' said Rini "Meet my new friend Elle!"' everyone waved and said 'Nice to meet you.'
Elle thought they were really nice because they offered her and Rini some cup cakes. Elle had only had a cup cake once...that she can remember...and that was when one of the infants had a birthday party. Elle took one and her and Rini skipped to her room and shut the door.
Elle had so much fun at her house! They played tag and hide 'n seek. They walked to the candy store with Serena, the blond haired girl in pig tails. Elle found out the Rini and Serena were cousins. The three went to the book store too, on Elle's request. She loved to read books. They only had a few books in the orfinage so Serena bought her some.
At the end of the day, Rini asked if she could come over her house one day.
"'I don't know..."' said Elle slowly. Now Elle had to tell Rini that she was an orfine.
"Why not?' asked Rini disappointedly.
"Promise you'll still be my friend if I told you?"' asked Elle.
"Yeah, of course. I'll always be your friend.'
Elle looked at the crack in the doorway and saw Serena and her friends in listening. 'You guys can hear too!' she called. Serena, Mina, Amy, Raye and Lita all came outside where Rini and Elle were.
'I-I-I am an orfin...' she said slowly. Elle heard a long silence.
Then Rini spoke "Well thats okay!"' she said like it was no big deal.
"I didn't tell you before because i knew that you wouldn't eat lunch with me."' said Elle.
"Well, it's no big deal! you just don't have any parents. You still have a family." said Rini.
"Well..." said Elle "That's not all."
"What?" asked Rini.
Elle told them about the last things she remembered before she woke up in the hospital. When she finished, she looked around to see there expresions. They all had the same; 'I feel so sorry for you' kinda faces.
"Well..." said Rini slowly "'I'm still your friend! That's all in the past!"'
Elle felt a whole lot better and left down the street with a giant smile. She looked over her shoulder and saw all of them talking about something. She could see one of them mouth 'Rini, I don't think you should see her anymore...' The smile vanished right off Elle's face and turned away.
"I knew I shouldn't have told them!" she cried as she ran into the city, in the oppisite direction of the orfanage.
