Alice to the Rescue

That’s not the point, Megan,’ she said. ‘I’ve got used to you being around the house

What would Alice say if she knew that Marcus had texted me from his new boarding school only half an hour earlier?
Sometimes things are just too complicated to put into words.
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Before long we were at the usual corner where our friends Grace and Louise were waiting for us. We all hugged, and then continued on our walk, chatting about the Christmas holidays. Grace had been on a skiing holiday, and made us all laugh as she told us stories about the crazy, but very good-looking, German boy in her skiing class.
Just before we got to school, we met my friend Kellie, and the five of us walked through the school gates together. I wasn’t scared like I had been back in September.
I felt brave and happy and ready for a whole new year

Chapter one
I ate the last spoonful of porridge, and got up from the table to put my bowl into the dishwasher. Mum gave a big long sigh, making her straggly, curly fringe rise up into the