Day 7, 3. Mar. 2020: Favourite secondary character
When I opened the mail box upon returning from school, exactly one envelope was in it. My tickets for March 26th had arrived!
I immediately pinned one to my notice board and put the other in my backpack to give to Tamina tomorrow.
Then I sat down to do my homework. But how was I supposed to concentrate on schoolwork when my thoughts were running all over my mind?
After half an hour of staring out the window, trying to concentrate I gave up and decided to eat something before trying again.
My mom was cooking dinner when I arrived downstairs, but she turned around to greet me when I entered the kitchen.
"Hello dear. How was school today?"
I shrugged. "As always. And now I can't concentrate on my homework."
She interrupted her cooking to give me a hug.
"What's bothering you, sweety?" She asked.
"I don't know. There are so many things on my mind. I'm exited for cinema in 3 weeks even though I've already seen the movies like a hundred times. School once again pretends to be the only and most important thing in a student's life. I have so much to think about that I can't concentrate on one thing for longer than a few minutes before another thought takes up that space."
I felt like crying. I hadn't noticed for weeks how overwhelmed I for by everything that currently happened in my life.
"How about you go for a walk? And when you return, dinner will be ready."
Mom smiled and hugged me again. Then she returned to the hearth and resumed her cooking.
I went to grab my shoes and jacket and then left the house, inhaling the fresh spring air that greeted me outside. Immediately my head felt a little clearer.
I decided to take the path into the forest, taking a shorter route so that my mom didn't have to wait too long for me. Mom and dad would want to eat as soon as dad returned.
I felt a lot better as I was slowly walking through the woods.
Of course my thoughts began to wander again and of course the topic was dragons. But it didn't feel overwhelming, more like a nice distraction from all of my problems. Reflecting favourite characters, episodes, seasons, and a lot more was quite relaxing.
I took my phone out and scrolled through my gallery when a certain picture made me stop. It was a thirty day challenge from Amino: 'Thirty days – Thirty characters you like'.
I knew I had a lot of dragons characters in there. I had changed the challenge a little to better fit me. Instead of just putting thirty random characters I had paired everyone with a description.
Favourite character. Favourite villain. Favourite bad turned good character. The other way around. Favourite secondary character.
Back then I had placed Heather as my favourite secondary, but now I caught myself questioning my decision. Was she really my favourite secondary character? Wasn't there any other character I liked more?
After a few minutes of thinking I realized: No, there wasn't. Heather really was my favourite secondary character.