Mels.
When Amelia walked into class everyone stared at her. She wanted to go and sit down but she couldn't because she didn't have a place. She looked around the room at the unfamiliar faces. She made eye contact with a girl sitting near the front. The girl smiled at her, unsure she smiled back.
Mrs. Hawkins was exactly that, a hawk. Well, she wasn't an actual hawk, but she was very bird-like. She was thin and pointy and had big round glasses that reminded Amelia of the owl she saw in her garden. She had a beakish hooked nose and sharp blue eyes. She had plump lips and looked quite pleasant when she smiled. When she wasn't smiling, however, she looked angry.
She looked angry when she strode into lesson, barely glancing at Amelia who was standing by her desk.
'Morning class' she smiled, noticing Amelia.
'Oh, hello, you must be Amelia. Welcome to Leadworth primary school! Now, let me see,' she held a piece of paper at arm's length squinting whilst she read.
'Right, Class, this is Amelia Pond. She has just moved to Leadworth and she will be in all your lessons.' A girl on the right frowned slightly.
'Amelia, your buddy is...' she read the piece of paper again, 'Melody.' She pointed to the girl who had smiled at her earlier. Amelia smiled widely. She went and sat down.
'Hi,' Melody said, her voice was mischievous. Amelia stared in awe at her braided hair, now that was seriously cool.
'Hi.' Amelia smiled back, 'Are you from Leadworth, Melody?'
Melody laughed, 'Everyone calls me Mels. And Leadworth is stupid; I'm from loads of places. Are you from Scotland?'
Amelia giggled; anyone who thought Leadworth was stupid was going to be a friend of hers. 'Yeah I am, but my stupid Aunt made us move here.'
'I saw what you did to Johnny in break today. That was so cool.' Amelia grinned at her new best friend.
With Mels and Rory, maybe Leadworth wouldn't be so bad after all.