9 December 2012
Part two of my story-
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Once they'd all finished, Alex led them to the 7's common room, which he'd visited earlier. "It's only 8:00pm so we've got an hour and a half to kill... What do you want to do?" He said.
"I'm going to start my new book, if that's ok with everyone?" I said.
"Yeah, I'm just going to listen to some music over there." Sighed Amy and she sat down with her iPod and closed her eyes. Georgia went to the toilet, and the others milled around talking to other fellow 7's. By 9:25pm, the only girl that didnt appear in the common room, was Sophie Coates.
"I wonder where she is!" Said Georgia once she came back from the loo.
"She'll be fine, quit worrying G. Come on guys, she might be in the dorm, and we need to get back anyway." Yawned Megan, they said goodbye to Alex and set off back to the dormitory. However, Sophie wasn't there.
"We'll get into our pajamas, and if she doesn't turn up we'll go find Mrs Conelle, it's past curfew and she'll get into trouble if she doesn't get here..." I said in a worried voice. "And I'm sure she doesn't want to be in the dog house on her first day here."
We got into our pajama's, and she still didnt turn up. So me and Charlotte put on our dressing gowns and slippers, and crept into the hall to find Mrs Conelle. She didnt say where she would be at night, so we were pretty clue-less. We'd been searching for about half an hour, when Charlotte suddenly froze.
"Did you hear that?" She whispered looking worried. "It's sounded like sobbing... And it's coming from that room over there!" She pointed to the door on the end of the co-ooridoor, then looked at me. "What should we do?"
"What anyone would do, go see who it is!" I replied, though I started to shake. "What if it's Sophie! She could be in trouble..."
"True." Said Charlotte, but she didn't sound so keen. We crept up to the door, and knocked on it gently. The sound of muffled voices faded before the door opened.
"Jemma? Charlotte? What are you doing here?" It was Sophie!
"Looking for you, idiot! It's past curfew and if Mrs Conelle or any of the other teachers catch you out, your gonna get into trouble!" I hissed. "And so are we, because we're out of bed too!"
"No, go back to the dorm, I'm fine, honestly, I just... Need to stay here for tonight" She said, panicked. A whimper came from behind the door.
"Sophie," I said, "who are you with?"
"Shhh, it's fine, i'll be 10 seconds, ok?" She said, talking over her shoulder. "It's none of your business, now shove off and get back to your dorm!" And with that, she slammed the door, and left us.
"What, was all that about?" Said Charlotte, looking amazed.
"I have no idea..." I mused.
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The next day, Sophie was sat at breakfast looking tired, but perfectly fine. The teacher she usually sat with wasn't there, so she was all alone. Me and Charlotte recounted all we could remember to the others once we got back, and they too agreed something strange was going on.We didn't have time to think about it after that, as we were so tired, we fell asleep as soon as our heads hit the pillow!
The next morning, however, was the start of our lessons and schooling. As we found out the night before, me, Megan, Georgia and Sophie had English first, whilst Amy, Charlotte and Izabel went to maths. Me, Megan and Georgia were the first to get to class, so we knocked and went in. Our teacher was already there, sat at her computer with a cup of tea.
"BbdbHello girls, I'm guessing your my new 7S1 class?" She said smiling.
"Yes miss." I replied. She seems nice enough, I thought.
"Ok then, seeing as I don't know you or your names, sit wherever you like, as long as its a proper seat. I'm Mrs Summerton, by the way." She said, getting a pice of paper and writing down our names and seats. We decided to sit on the 4 table at the front.
Within the next ten minutes, everyone arrived and took their seats, after giving their names to Mrs Summerton. The last to arrive was Sophie, which was weird as she was the first to finish breakfast. The only seat left was the one opposite me, next to Georgia. She apologised to Mrs for being late, and sat down.
"Right, good morning all. I am Mrs Summerton and I am your English teacher for this year. The seats you are sat in are where you will be sat until further notice. Right, I need a volunteer to hand out the excersise books." A girl with long brown hair and a pretty face put her hand up, along with the girl next to her.
" Bethany, Hird is it?" Mrs Summerton asked the brown haired girl.
"Yes miss, and this is Bethany Saunders. Please can she help me?" Replied Bethany, with a pleading look.
"Go on then, they're over there. Right, once you get your book, I want you to write your full name, 7S1 which stands for year 7, set 1, and my name- Mrs Summerton, which I will write on the board. Questions?"
A boy with sandy brown hair put his hand up.
"Yes, er, Owen is it?" She said, looking at him.
"Yes miss, I was just wondering, am I allowed to eat aniseed balls in class? Or tictacs? They help me concentrate. Please?" He asked with a cheeky smile.
"Go on then, as long as you give me an aniseed ball!" Mrs replied with a laugh, and the lesson started. Once she'd got us started on the work, I tore a piece of paper from my book, and wrote on it- wht wre u doin last nite? U cud ov got into truble!
I shoved to Sophie, she read it, and replied- none of your business Jemma Tresswell, keep your abnormally large nose out of other people's lives. And don't reply to this because I shan't take any notice of it of you do.
Charming. Well, that told me.
English finished and we set off to maths, passing Charlotte, Amy and Alex on the way. They said their teacher was lovely, and we said likewise. Maths passed with nothing important happening, Miss Denna seemed nice enough, and her lesson was very enjoyable.
We all met up outside at break, and started to talk.
"I wonder where that Sophie girl went, she was rot behind us!" Megan wondered aloud.
"She said something about a library to Mrs Summerton, is there one here?" Georgia asked.
"Yes, it's next to the main entrance. Listen, we've got nothing else to at lunch, want to go take a look? It's almost time for lesson again now..." And on that cue, the whistle blew, a d everyone filed back into the building.
"Oh, look! We've all got R.E now! Come on, lets go!" I said, and we rushed to R.E. we were the first there, or so I thought.
We wandered in and said hello to the teacher, the young one with the long brown hair that sits with Sophie at meals, and asked her where we sit.
"On the table where Sophie's sat, by the window!" She said. We turned around, and lo and behold- Sophie was sat there with her book. She looked up at the sound of her name.
"Oh, not you again..." She muttered.
"What was that? I can't hear you over how awesome I am." I said and laughed. I sat down, and waited for the class to begin.
Our teacher, Miss Hutcherson was lovely, and taught well. I didn't realise just how interesting religion was! But she got on the best with Sophie, they were like best friends, and Sophie stayed back at the end to chat to her. Weird, I thought.
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That night, I was just dropping off, when I heard someone get out of their bed, and grab something from their cupboard.
"Hello?" I whispered.
"Jemma! You scared me to death! What's up?" Came Sophie's voice.
"Sophie? Where are you going? You'll get into trouble!" I hissed. "Get back to bed!"
"I, I, I can't..." She stuttered into the darkness.
"What do you mean you can't?" I said in despair. "Do you want to be expelled?"
"No! Of course not, but... Oh Jemma, I've gotta go, shut up and go to sleep!" She whispered and crept out of the room.
Something's going on with that girl, I thought, and I'm going to find out...
To be continued.
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Missing In The Night Part 2. • Opuss № I