2.1 Daisy Chain

Chapter 2 - Part 1

Monday morning I left the house to meet Emily at the post box. This
is where we always meet before walking to school together. This
morning Emily was late. I tried to call her mobile to see where she
was but there was no answer. I then tried texting her “Where are
you?”

I was worried we’d be late so I decided to walk to her house and see
what the holdup was. When I reached her front door I knocked but
there was no answer. I spied through the windows but it was clear
that everyone was out.

“She wouldn’t have gone ahead without me?” I wondered. It didn’t make sense.

I started walking briskly to school. I was going to be late and I
didn’t know if I should be mad at Emily or seriously worried. When I
arrived at our home room I was only just in time for registration. I
ran to my usual seat and noticed that Emily wasn’t next to me. I
looked around the room and saw she was sitting at the back but she
didn’t look up. Her eyes remained fixated on her phone.

When the bell rang, I needed to head to the girls toilets because the
fast walk had caused me to build up a sweat. Before heading off to
sort myself out, I wanted to speak to Emily. So, I waited for her at
the door.

“What happened this morning? Where were you?” I asked.

Emily gave me her best evil stare; we had mastered that look together
by practicing in the mirror back in seventh grade. “Just leave me
alone Jasmine!”

Jasmine? She never called me that. What happened to Jazz and Emz?
She pushed past me and started making her way to class. What could
have changed since yesterday. She seemed fine when I had given her my
daisy chain.