"Mary- Anne! Honey! Dinner!" shouted Sharon from downstairs. It was the next day and we were having dinner.
" Hi Sharon!" I said cheerfully.
" Hello! Help me will you?" she asked handing me some plates.
" Okay!" I said I quickly set them on the table. Than I put the drinks.
"Whats for dinner today?" I asked. Hopefully Sharon hadn't made anything.
" Pizza! Ordering, don't worry!"
" I'm not…" I could feel myself blushing.
"Don't worry, sweetie." She patted my head. "Did you talk to Dawn yet?" she had that sad look on.
" Yes." I said quietly.
"She'll come back soon." Sharon said.
" I know. But Sharon…Well…She's well..different!" I cried.
"How?" Sharon asked.
" She has all these new friends..and she like forgot all about our friends. She hasn't even wrote to them, or ME in like months! Oh Sharon..I miss her soo much!"
" Me too." She said. I saw her eyes watering.
"Dawn..is like different. The way she talks to me…its like hard to explain!"
" I understand." She whispered. "Dawn must do whats right for her."
"She doesn't care for us Sharon!"
"No she does."
" No she doesn't!"
"Honey, it may be hidden but she loves you more than me."
I looked up at her. " No Sharon. She…why'd she have to move anyway? She could like go back and visit...I mean we're her friends too right? She doesn't think about anyone else…b-but herself! Shes soo…soo…sel-ff-ish!"
I couldn't believe these words were coming out of my mouth. But they were true.
"Mary-Anne…come here." She grabbed a chair and told me to sit on another chair. " You promise never ever ever to tell anyone about this?"
"Cross my heart." Sharon looked serious. She rarely ever does this.
"I myself have felt a new Dawn…a Dawn who just cares about her. She never, even for a second thought about how I would feel…about the move. She just cares about what makes her happy. Visits are fine, but after what happened to Jeff, and Dawn, I have made a conclusion that I'm a really bad mom. I know it. Cooking is one thing, but maybe I'm too strict…so Mary-Anne tell me if.."
" No Sharon! You're the best mom on earth!" I exclaimed.
" Nope. I'm not."
"Calorfornia's there home."
"Yes…but Dawn's like different. She's like not the same."
" Our connection used to be so strong. Now its like gone." I whispered.
"I know."
" how?"
"You used to talk about Dawn always." She sighed. " Dawns happy there. Let her be."
I felt so bad for her. First Jeff, than that selfish Dawn! "Sharon…you're my mom…and I'm telling you…you're the best! Come on lets get this meal on the road…or in this case table!" I rubbed my hands together. I had to make sure Sharon would never have to think about that Dawn again.
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" Beeep! Beeeep!" went my alarm clock. I banged it to make it shut up. Than I woke up. "Grr. School." I murmered.
I brushed my teeth and than took a shower. I wore a skirt that was black with a tank top. Man it was hot today! Than I went downstairs for breakfast.
" Hey hon!" said Sharon.
" Hi Sharon!" I said cheerfully.
"How are you sweetie?"
" Oh fine. I'm starving!"
"Okay…do you want…"
" Umm…I don't know what is there?"
"Eggs…I've improved." She said and blushed. But it was true. She was taking cooking classes, her eggs were awesome.
" Sure! I looove your eggs!"
"Thanks hon."
"No problem…now hurry up!" I grinned.
"Okay…sit down. Sharon to the rescue." She laughed. She looked happy.
I sat down smoothing my skirt. Than wore my shoes which were black and white sneakers. Than I put on my jacket.
" Done!" said Sharon.
I gobbled down my egg. Than I said goodbye to Sharon.
" See you later!" I said taking a sip of orange juice. Than I grabbed my bag and heard a faint "Bye hon!"
" Bye!" I closed the door and saw my bus arrive. Perfect timing I thought.
I climbed on it. There I saw one of my friends Jane. "Heyy Mary!" That's what she calls me. Mary.
" hi Jane! Whats up?"
"Oh nothing! I saved you a seat!" She patted to a seat next to her.
" Thanks!" I sat down.
Than we saw the school. We climbed down. I was on my way to the school, when I saw Claudia wave to me like crazy. I saw that Stacey, Kristy,Shannon (she's not in private school anymore) and Abby there. I skipped there and saw a new pretty girl in the middle. She had tight jeans and a tank top on. She had hair up to her shoulders and they were down. She was talking to like a billon people at once.
" Caroline!" shouted Kristy when she saw me. The new girl turned and I saw her pretty face. She had deep blue eyes. "This Is my best friend Mary-Anne!" said Kristy, giving me a hug. "Mary-Anne, Caroline!"
"Hi Caroline!" I said. I smiled.
"Hi…umm…Maria?" she asked. She seemed nice.
"Nope…I'm Mary-Anne." I grinned.
"Woops…sorry!" than she laughed. "I'm umm..like Kristy told you Caroline. You can call me Cary."
"Ok…"
Than I said, "We'll be late. Come on guys!" I gestured everyone to the school. We all went inside.
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I had begun to looove Caroline! She is like so cool and she was like sooo poupular! She was nice! I had learned more about her.
She was from New York City, like Stacey. She lived in an enormous house. She had 1 older sister and 2 smaller sisters. One of her sisters were Gabrielle and she was 17. The other was Victoria and she was 14. The other one was Kaitlyn she was 10. She had 1 older brother. He was 18. His name was Mark.
The next day when I went to school, we were watching a awesome movie, the problem was it was sad. So when the sad part came, I started to cry. Everyone's used to it, but Caroline didn't know. She was late for class and when she saw me crying, she came to me.
" Mary-Anne! What's wrong? Are you okay?" She hugged me and sat down next to me.
"Nothing…(sniff)…the movie…there was a sad part…" I sniffed. "This isn't so rare." I smiled.
" Oh okay."she smiled a tiny smile.
The movie was really good. The ending was sad though. I was crying and everyone was looking at me. They weren't laughing, this wasn't so rare.
After class,we had gym. We played soccer. It was really fun. Caroline was so good!
Un fortunately, Claudia wasn't so good at soccer. She kept messing up. Nobody really cared. We kept cheering for her. She just couldn't get it.
Caroline and I were on her team. We lost. Caroline was all angry and everything. When she came to me, she said, "Man! Claudia that stupid retarded Chinese girl! She is sooo bad! She doesn't know how to play." Than she stopped and looked behind her, at Claudia who as talking to Kristy. "look at that girl! Wild! Stupid! I hate her! I mean who'd wanna wear that ugly oversized shirt? And those ripped jeans..that are capris on one side and jeans on the other? How could you like her? Whoever likes her is sooooo weird!" She was all red. "She's so-"
"CAROLINE! DON"T CALL MY FRIEND WEIRD!" I screamed. "Its just a GAME!"
I was mad! I mean…shes a racist! How could she even THINK about saying that about Claudia…or ANYONE! Its just a game!
"Oh ya? Well guess what? Its not just a game, it's a game in which I, CAROLINE GUSETALA LOST!!"
"oh wow! So did they!" I gestured to our team.
"Listen! I don't wanna be with a girl who likes weird manic people!"
"And I don't wanna be with someone who hates and makes fun of my friends. And she's NOT weird! GOT THAT?"
"NOO!" she screamed.
"That's not a surprise! You don't get anything!" I could feel tears coming to my eyes. I tried to hold them back.
Just than Kristy and Claudia and Stacey came.
"Yo! WHats up Mary-Anne and.." said Kristy. She stopped to look at me. She knew when I was about to cry. This was one of the moments.
"Whats wrong?"
"Caroline called Claudia all these bad things just because she can't play soccer right!"
"Woa…me?" said Claudia.
"Yea!" I answered.
"Wow! Caroline….how can you say that to our friend here!" said Stacey. She hugged Claudia.
"LISTEN UP! CLAUDIA IS A RETARD! WHO CANT PLAY SOCCER RIGHT?
"MEE!" screamed Claudia.
"Nooo DUH!" said Caroline.
"You know what…cut it out! This was just a GAME! I mean…Chill!" said Kristy.
"Make me!"
"Okay…listen…just leave us alone…and we'll leave you alone! Deal?" Stacey said.
"Whatever!" said Caroline. She picked up her books and left. I can't believe that she just did that.
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As soon as I got home, I decided to go over Kristy's house.
"Hii Mary-Anne!" she said as I went inside.
"Hey!"
"Lets par-tttyyyy! WOOHOOO!" she screamed and than we laughed.
"Wanna watch a movie?" I asked.
"Why not?"
"Which one do ya wanna watch?"
"Umm…War of the Worlds?"
"Yea! I love that!"
"Yea I know. Get it…its in the living room cabinet.
I went there and took the movie. Than I took it back to Kristy, who was making popcorn. "Where should we watch it?"
"Umm…my room."she said. She took out the popcorn. Than we went to her room and started eating, while the movie started.
But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't keep me mind on the movie. It kept wandering back to other things, such as what Caroline had done. But most of, Dawn. Why did she do this to us. I missed her. She used to call me everyday. Now once a month or week and HARDLY ever to Sharon. Where was the real Dawn, I thought. Wherever she was, she wasn't in Stoneybrook, and she was definatley lost, somewhere in a far far away place.