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It was the first day of term; the New Year 12's were gathered outside the main building. Rita was once again standing alone, Connie had just arrived. She saw Rita and began to make her way over to her. Rita looked up and saw Connie approaching she shifted from one foot to the Nother, looking down nervously.

"Morning."

"Morning"

"Are you looking forward to today?"

"To be truthful no, I'm dreading it."

"Oh you'll be fine after all you've got me."

"You?"

"Yeah come on."

Connie threated her arm through Rita's and the two girls made their way into the theatre. Connie took a seat next to Rita and the two girls smiled at each other. As the assembly began everyone fell into silence. They were all welcomed to the sixth form and taken over the details for the upcoming week. For the first three days they would be introduced to their teachers and their subject courses and any changes to options could be made. Then on the Wednesday they would be giving the chance to spend the day doing different enrichment activities to decide the one in which they wanted to participate every week.

Once they were all dismissed Connie and Rita had to go their separate ways. Connie had a psychology lesson and Rita had a maths. They hoped they'd be able to meet up again at lunch as neither had another lesson till the flowing morning. The afternoon on both their timetables was scheduled as a free period.

The two hour lesson seemed endless for both the girls they still had so much to talk about, they had become friends and yet knew very little about the other. Finally it was time to leave, Connie and Rita met in the canteen and then made their way out of the building and found a small stretch of grass to camp on.

Rita took out a sandwich her mum had made her that morning and Connie sat with a pasta salad shed brought from Greggs before school. They sat in what could be described as a comfortable silence. Eating and just watching as the space around them filled with other students.

Just as Connie was about to speak her friends from high school came over.

"Well I never thought I'd see the day the ice queen finally thawed her heart."

"Go away! Can't you see I'm trying to eat here, just because I made you lot quake in your boots doesn't mean I have a heart of ice. So now I would like to carry on my conversation here if you could all just vacate my personal space."

"See you around Constance"

Once the group had left Rita turned to Connie.

"Well they seem utterly delightful"

"Oh yes they are. They called me the ice queen behind my back for years and thought I never knew, I did tell them I find out everything. But I don't need them I've got you now"

"You sure have"

"So Rita how long have you lived round here?"

"I only moved at the end of year 10 my mum got a new job and wanted to be closer to it and she liked this area so we packed up and left. Hence why I have or should I say had no friends. How about you?"

"I've lived here all my life, mum and dad moved here when they were pregnant with my older brother Jake, he's gone off to university now to study mechanical engineering so it's just me left at home. It's pretty lonely really; I don't have the best relationship with either of my parents. So it's just me and my laptop most of the time."

Rita looked Connie in the eye, it was obvious shed never been so open with a person before and that scared but also made Rita feel privileged.

"I only live with my mum, dad left us when I was 5 to go and live with his new pregnant girlfriend. The break up really hurt my mum and she's never recovered really. So I've got a little half-sister called Rosie. I saw her a few times when we were younger but then me and my dad lost touch and things became more heated between me and mum if I ever asked about Rosie or dad so I tend not to any more. One day I'm sure I'll get to see her again. She'd be just starting high school this year."

"Time really does fly doesn't it? I'm sure you'll get to see her again one day just the waiting can be a killer."

"It really is. But I've come this far and she's got that far without me so maybe fate will bring us back together one day"

"I do hope so. What shall we do now?"

"Well we have a free period all afternoon so shall we just go into town and sit on the park or something?"

"Sounds good to me."

The two girls stood up and walked up the drive together and out of the gate, once they made it back into town they decided to go and buy ice cream and coke and found a seat inside the wooden hut on the park, until it was time for them both to head home.

They hugged each other before getting on the right bus; it had been a day of new beginnings.