The rest of the weekend flew by and Poppy soon forgot about Mollie's text. Before she knew it, she was back at Waterloo Road, sitting in form with Emily and Denzil. "So did you have a good time visiting Jessica?" Denzil asked.
"As if she'd have fun in a hospital," Emily butted in.
"Oh yeah. Was it like talking to the living dead?" Denzil asked.
"Don't be stupid Denz."
"Actually, it was alright," Poppy interrupted. "It's like having a conversation with yourself, just, someone's listening and you don't answer yourself."
"Do any of you know where Mollie is?" Miss Montoya asked Poppy, Emily and Denzil.
"No Miss," they all replied.
"Hey, that's a point. Where is Mollie? I've not heard from her all weekend," stated Emily.
"Nor have I," Denzil added.
"She sent me a text on Saturday afternoon, but I've not heard from her since."
"Maybe we should text her, check that she's okay," Emily suggested. With her words, the bell rang and the class began to head off to their next lessons. Poppy sent a quick text to Mollie:
"Mollie? Where are you? Are you okay?"
Almost immediately, Mollie text back:
"I don't know. I really need to talk to you."
Poppy had French with Miss Haydock first and she knew that she could get out of part of the lesson. "Please can I go to the toilet, miss?" Poppy asked 5 minutes into the lesson. Miss Haydock sighed.
"Alright then, quickly though." Poppy left the classroom and headed for the toilets. Once she was there, she quickly checked that no one was there and called Mollie.
"Poppy?" a voice called down the phone.
"Mollie! Are you okay?"
"I don't know. I've done something stupid." Mollie's voice was shaky and quiet, not the normal Mollie she'd met last week.
"Where are you?"
"Just wandering around town."
"Can you get to the little café on the corner, next to the bakery?"
"I'm not too far away. Why?"
"I'm coming to meet you." Poppy ended the call and began heading for the main doors. On her way out, she bumped into Rachel.
"What are you doing out of class?" Rachel asked.
"Sorry. I had to go to the toilet, but I'm heading back now," replied Poppy.
"Good. Look, I'm in a meeting after school tonight. Olivia's going to Lauren's, did you want to see if you can go round one of your friend's houses for a while?"
"Okay, I'll ask Denzil."
"Okay. Let me know what's going on. Time for you to get back to class though!" Poppy gave Rachel a smile as she headed in the direction of her French class. She was glad that she had bumped into Rachel, because she knew that no one was in the office to see her break away from school. Just a few minutes later and Poppy was in a taxi, making her way to see Mollie.