Chapter 5
Thanks to all the reviewers, all comments have been taken on board and yes, I will be updating about once a week. Hope you enjoy this chapter, I kind of have writer's block at the moment but I'll make the next one good. Promise!
After breakfast, Fiona went upstairs to her room. There, she collected her wallet and headed off for school. The roads were covered with thawing snow. Fiona had arrived in the middle of spring and was pleasantly surprised to see pretty wild flowers blooming alongside the road.
"Watch it!" a girl in black yelled at Fiona as she swept past on her skateboard. Fiona was startled out of her daydream and turned around when she heard the voice. She only caught a quick glimpse of the skateboarder's face but from what she saw, she knew it was Nicola. Fiona was at her wits end. What was she to do with Nicola? How could she help her? She gave a sigh of despair but put those depressingly thoughts out of her mind and continued on her way to the high school.
The school was bustling with activity. Students were streaming about the school's lawn and wisps of conversations floated towards Fiona as she walked towards the main entrance. When she entered the school, Fiona headed straight to the administrator's office. There, she received her books and timetable and was told to head straight for the assembly hall. The hall was filled with chairs and by that time, many students had arrived and taken their places. Fiona found a seat and quickly sat down before the principal started speaking. After the assembly, she headed towards her English class and when she entered the room she saw Nicola tossing a pencil to a girl sitting next to her. She found a seat to the back of the class and soon after, the teacher entered. He was a tall balding man and when he entered the room, all the students immediately stood up. After reading the first few chapters of Hamlet, the teacher handed them an assignment, which he said was to be 'completed in two weeks time'. Fiona groaned to herself. "Not a day here and I get an assignment. Oh well, I guess that can't be helped," She thought to herself.
The rest of the day passed in a flash, the only part that Fiona remembered was lunch. She had dropped a few coins while getting her lunch and when she bent down to pick them up, she heard a deep voice saying, "do you need help with that?" She looked up and found herself staring into the most beautiful pair of eyes she had ever seen. The eyes were sky-blue and when she got up she saw a smiling face looking down at her. The face was that of a boy's. He was taller than her and with light brown hair. He had a friendly smile and she smiled back gratefully accepting his hand of friendship. They found a table and soon, they were chatting away as if they had known each other forever. His name was Noah and was about a year older than her. He lived with his parents in the mountains and said it was absolutely gorgeous up there. He came to school by train and when it snowed heavily, he would stay with an aunt in the village. Lunch ended all too soon but he had promised to have lunch with her the next day and Fiona knew that she had made a new friend.
Dinner back at the inn was amicable. She did not sit alone but instead, sat with a young couple who were on their honeymoon. Their conversations were animated and filled with laughter and after dinner Fiona reluctantly left to get started on her schoolwork. Surprising when she looked at her timetable, she found that on it were mostly her favourite subjects. "God must have known" Fiona thought with a bemused smile on her face. At about 10pm, she finally turned off the ceiling light and went to bed after setting her alarm clock for 7am the next morning.
Fiona quickly ate breakfast the day next without seeing Nicola. She was beginning to get worried about her ability to help Nicola when she walked through the door and sat down at a table. She contemplated going over and introducing herself and decided to do so. She walked over to the table and said, "Hi, my name is Fiona. I think you're in my English class". Nicola studied her for a moment before breaking into a smile and saying, "Hi my is Nicola. Would you like to sit down?" Fiona accepted the invitation and an awkward silence developed. "So, you pushed past me yesterday and shut yourself in the room. What was that about?" Fiona said the first thing that had popped into her head and was now horrified at what she had said. "It was nothing really" Nicola replied coolly and Fiona saw that her face had become shuttered and despair welled up inside of her. "Um. I have to go and get changed" Fiona said before turning and fleeing the dinner room. "Oh my gosh, I can't believe I did that! I am such an idiot." Fiona muttered to herself within the privacy of her room. She truly believed that now, everything was ruined and that God was going to send her back to where she belonged but nothing happened.
While walking towards school, Fiona bumped into Noah and they walked in companionable silence towards the high school. Flowers were blossoming all around them and leaves had started growing on trees. At the lights, they waited for the walking signal to sound as they watched the passing cars and people walking up and down the street. Fiona suddenly saw Nicola on her skateboard, skating and swerving in the midst of the traffic causing the cars to honk and drivers to yell at her. She was about to reach the pavement when an impatient driver cut across her path. Nicola slammed into her car and her body flew straight up into the air before tumbling down on the hood of another car. Noah and Fiona were shocked at what they had seen. There were terrified screams from bystanders who had witnessed the accident and it seemed like eternity before Fiona heard the ambulance silence wailing in the distance.
Thanks to all the reviewers, all comments have been taken on board and yes, I will be updating about once a week. Hope you enjoy this chapter, I kind of have writer's block at the moment but I'll make the next one good. Promise!
After breakfast, Fiona went upstairs to her room. There, she collected her wallet and headed off for school. The roads were covered with thawing snow. Fiona had arrived in the middle of spring and was pleasantly surprised to see pretty wild flowers blooming alongside the road.
"Watch it!" a girl in black yelled at Fiona as she swept past on her skateboard. Fiona was startled out of her daydream and turned around when she heard the voice. She only caught a quick glimpse of the skateboarder's face but from what she saw, she knew it was Nicola. Fiona was at her wits end. What was she to do with Nicola? How could she help her? She gave a sigh of despair but put those depressingly thoughts out of her mind and continued on her way to the high school.
The school was bustling with activity. Students were streaming about the school's lawn and wisps of conversations floated towards Fiona as she walked towards the main entrance. When she entered the school, Fiona headed straight to the administrator's office. There, she received her books and timetable and was told to head straight for the assembly hall. The hall was filled with chairs and by that time, many students had arrived and taken their places. Fiona found a seat and quickly sat down before the principal started speaking. After the assembly, she headed towards her English class and when she entered the room she saw Nicola tossing a pencil to a girl sitting next to her. She found a seat to the back of the class and soon after, the teacher entered. He was a tall balding man and when he entered the room, all the students immediately stood up. After reading the first few chapters of Hamlet, the teacher handed them an assignment, which he said was to be 'completed in two weeks time'. Fiona groaned to herself. "Not a day here and I get an assignment. Oh well, I guess that can't be helped," She thought to herself.
The rest of the day passed in a flash, the only part that Fiona remembered was lunch. She had dropped a few coins while getting her lunch and when she bent down to pick them up, she heard a deep voice saying, "do you need help with that?" She looked up and found herself staring into the most beautiful pair of eyes she had ever seen. The eyes were sky-blue and when she got up she saw a smiling face looking down at her. The face was that of a boy's. He was taller than her and with light brown hair. He had a friendly smile and she smiled back gratefully accepting his hand of friendship. They found a table and soon, they were chatting away as if they had known each other forever. His name was Noah and was about a year older than her. He lived with his parents in the mountains and said it was absolutely gorgeous up there. He came to school by train and when it snowed heavily, he would stay with an aunt in the village. Lunch ended all too soon but he had promised to have lunch with her the next day and Fiona knew that she had made a new friend.
Dinner back at the inn was amicable. She did not sit alone but instead, sat with a young couple who were on their honeymoon. Their conversations were animated and filled with laughter and after dinner Fiona reluctantly left to get started on her schoolwork. Surprising when she looked at her timetable, she found that on it were mostly her favourite subjects. "God must have known" Fiona thought with a bemused smile on her face. At about 10pm, she finally turned off the ceiling light and went to bed after setting her alarm clock for 7am the next morning.
Fiona quickly ate breakfast the day next without seeing Nicola. She was beginning to get worried about her ability to help Nicola when she walked through the door and sat down at a table. She contemplated going over and introducing herself and decided to do so. She walked over to the table and said, "Hi, my name is Fiona. I think you're in my English class". Nicola studied her for a moment before breaking into a smile and saying, "Hi my is Nicola. Would you like to sit down?" Fiona accepted the invitation and an awkward silence developed. "So, you pushed past me yesterday and shut yourself in the room. What was that about?" Fiona said the first thing that had popped into her head and was now horrified at what she had said. "It was nothing really" Nicola replied coolly and Fiona saw that her face had become shuttered and despair welled up inside of her. "Um. I have to go and get changed" Fiona said before turning and fleeing the dinner room. "Oh my gosh, I can't believe I did that! I am such an idiot." Fiona muttered to herself within the privacy of her room. She truly believed that now, everything was ruined and that God was going to send her back to where she belonged but nothing happened.
While walking towards school, Fiona bumped into Noah and they walked in companionable silence towards the high school. Flowers were blossoming all around them and leaves had started growing on trees. At the lights, they waited for the walking signal to sound as they watched the passing cars and people walking up and down the street. Fiona suddenly saw Nicola on her skateboard, skating and swerving in the midst of the traffic causing the cars to honk and drivers to yell at her. She was about to reach the pavement when an impatient driver cut across her path. Nicola slammed into her car and her body flew straight up into the air before tumbling down on the hood of another car. Noah and Fiona were shocked at what they had seen. There were terrified screams from bystanders who had witnessed the accident and it seemed like eternity before Fiona heard the ambulance silence wailing in the distance.