*Chapter Two: The Meeting*

The day after, in the afternoon, I was at the bus stop when I saw her again. But this time I ran to her. She was wearing blue jeans and a white tank top. When I reached her, she looked straight to my eyes.

"Hi" she said, smiling sweetly.

"Hi… erm…" I said, but I didn't know her name.

"Fiona" she said.

"What?"

"My name is Fiona. Fiona O'Connor" she answered, taking out her hand, like waiting for me to take it. And I did.

"I'm Cole Sear"

"Yes, I know. The teacher said so yesterday"

"Yeah… Look, you've been following me since yesterday, and…well…I wanted to know what was wrong…if there's something I can help you…" I asked her, and she just looked away, like she was embarrassed.

"Well… I just…"

"You feel alone, right?" I asked. I didn't know why, but it seemed like I knew her. After a few seconds, she nodded.

Yes. The poor girl just felt alone. I knew what it felt like, because I'd felt like that when I was in primary school. I didn't want her to pass through the things I had passed. So I stayed with her, and walked with her to my house. We talked a lot. And I knew a lot of things about her. Fiona was an orphan; her parents had died in a fire not very far from my school. She had an aunt, but she hadn't found her yet.

"So… wanna hang out tomorrow?" I asked her. Her face lit up with beauty.

"Sure!" She said, smiling, and she left.

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When I entered to my house, my mom was waiting for me.

"Cole, where have you been? I was very worried about you" she said.

"I lost the bus" I answered.

"Jeremy just called you. He wants you to call him back"

"Thanks, mom" I said, and I took the phone to call Jeremy.

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"Hey man, what's going on?" Jeremy asked me "I didn't see you at the bus stop yesterday. Where have you been?"

"I just lost the bus"

"Nah, I don't think so" he said, so I decided to tell him the truth.

"Well, remember the girl I talked you about?, well… I found her and I finally talked to her"

"Really? That's great… look, Rick just told me that when you walked to your house you were talking to yourself or something like that…"

"No… I was talking to Fiona…"

"I told him that it couldn't be because only freaks talk to themselves out loud" Just a second. Rick didn't see Fiona? That's odd.

"Well… gotta go. My mom needs help to make dinner"

"Okay… and don't forget about Madison's party" he said "Maybe you can bring your girl" he added, and we said goodbye.