The Last Boy in Class

We were in year 9 at Colourvale High at the time. All the girls in our class had boyfriends. All but my best friend, Lindsay and I, and the new girl, Rachel. And there was only one boy. Ben. Rachel didn't seem to care. But Lindsay and I did.

"You know that boy in class?" Lindsay asked me one day at lunch. "Who? Ben?" i asked. "Yeah! I like him." Lindsay whispered. "Me too!" I agreed. "Claire! Hei's mine!" Lindsay wailed. "No. Mine!" I yelled back.

We fought like this for at least 3 weeks. It got worse and worse for 5 weeks after that. But then Ben solved the problem.

"Hey. I did like you Lindsay." He began. Then he turned to me. "And I also liked you Claire." He continued. "But not now." "Someone else has won his heart." Said a voice neither Lindsay or I recognised. "Me." Rachel stepped out from behind a voice. "Sorry." Ben apologised, putting his arm around Rachel. And just to rub it in, Raxhel gave him a really big kiss.

Flame of Anger

My anger had never flared up as bad as it had that day. It had been a typical school day. And as normal, the class was acting like a circus. They were monkies climbing endlessly up the walls. The noise level was tremendous, like a pack of elephants, trumpeting to the rest of the pack.

The usual queen bees, sat in the corner, bickering and gossiping with one another. Then their leader Sabrina came over, the rest of her gang close behind. "So is it the reddy then is it?" She said. "Sitting all alone." Her friend Denise pitched in. "Being a little nerdy loser." The other girl, Josie added. "Just like usual." They all chimed in, laughing is they walked back to their corner of the classroom.

Suddenly, before I knew what I was doing, I stood up. "You want to pick on me?" My voice had risen. The whole class was staring at me now, wondering what would happen next. "What you gonna do about it?" Sabrina stood up to face me. "Yeah you little baby!" Josie took her place at Sabrina's side. Denise followed soon after. I was silent. I went over to her and grabbed her hands and twisted them. Sabrina squealed in pain. But at that moment, I thought she deserved it. So I continued. "Mrs Green!" Josie rushed to Sabrina's aid. "Look what Garnet's doing!" Denise squealed too.

Mrs. Green looked over. I stopped, filled with worry at what might happen to me. "Garnet is not doing anything." Mrs Green informed them. "And anless anyone has any evidence proving what Sabrina, Denise and Josie are saying is true, I will not beleive it." She continued. No one had anything.

"Now everyone, back to your seats!" We all rushed back to our seats. "You might have got away with it this time Garnet. But not next time." Sabrina hissed. But I wasn't afraid. I'd find a statergy before my anger flared up again.

Sea Dreams

The beach was my favourite place in the whole world. I was there with my best friend Amber that day. We were at Oceanview Beach in Colourvale. Oceanview was the best beach in town and for as long as I could remember Amber and I had been going there every weekend for as long as I could remember. But that day was not like the others. We were both swimming in the water when I began to sink. It was a blur, but I could hear summer calling tp me "Yasmin!" Faintly I could here Amber's voice.

Then I was alone. It seemed like I was alone for a long time, until I saw some fish swim by me. A whale swam by in the distance. Probably heading south for the winter. A mantaray followed the whale, off in the distance.

I suddenly was carried closer to where I'd seen the whale. As I moved, I admired the view. I saw a beautiful pink coral, slowly swaying. Then I saw a white one, then a blue one, a purple one and lastly a green one. I fel asleep then.

When I woke up, Amber stood over me, flapping a huge leaf beside me, so that there was a constant fresh sweet smeling breeze.

"She's awake!" Amber said, really happy. "What? Where am I?" I was a bit dizzy. "You're at the lifeguard house." Said a voice I didn't recognise. I struggled to sit up in the chair. Amber helped me up. "I'm Keiran. a lifeguard here at the beach." Said the man. "Amber? What happened?" I turned to my friend."You drowned." Amber started. "Then I saved you." Finished Keiran. "Huh." I passed out again, from shock.

Runaway

I sat under my favourite tree in Colourvale. My two sisters, Georgia and Lucy sat either side of me. "It's boring here Katie." Lucy moaned. "Can we go somewhere else?" Georgia pitched in. "I like it here." I replied.

"Well we're going." Georgia stood up. "No." Lucy pulled her down again. "Mum said we have to stay together." Lucy said. "Well I guess you two can stick together then." With that Georgia stormed off into the distance. Lucy and I stayed there. We thought she'd gone for a walk, so we stayed sitting, under the tree, it's huge, droopy green leaves shading us from the sun.

After a while, Dad came out. "Where's Georgia?"He asked. "We don't know." Lucy said. "She stormed off a little while ago." I added. "I thought your mother told you to stick together." Dad was getting angry. "She did." I replied. "But Georgia didn't listen." Lucy told Dad. "She said I guess you can stick together then." I shivered at the image of the look on Georgia's face. "Argh! That girl's going to be in big trouble when she turns up." Dad mumbled.

Lucy was shivering all over now. She got frightened when Dad got angry. Dad turned around. "Come here Lucy!" Dad opened his arms to Lucy. Lucy ran into them. "I'm not angry at you Lucy. I'm angry at Georgia. For running away." Dad explained. "Ok Dad." Lucy whispered.

"I'll go get your mother." Dad stood up, waving Lucy off him. "Girls, stay here in case she cames back." Dad told us. A couple of minutes later, Dad came running towards us, Mum flying behind him.

"Did you see which way she went?" Asked Dad. "Down the street a bit," I started. "THen down the bush track on the left." Lucy finished. "Ok. I'm going after her." Dad said, and began to walk down the street. "Be careful!" Mum called after him. Mum sat with us then. And we waited.

It seemed like hours before we saw Dad, trudging up the street, pulling Georgia by the arm. Mum began to run.

"Where on earth were you Georgia?" Mum practically screamed at her. When they got to us, Georgia was trying to pull away from Dad's iron grip. But no such luck. We walked along behind them, watching Dad leading the way, Georgia trying to set herself free and Mum, screaming from behind. I laughed. The scene before me looked like a clown act in a circus. A hilarious one at that.

But what happened to Geotgia? Well, when we got home she was given a huge lecture then grounded for a month. And she hasn't dare disobey Mum and Dad since that day.

Autumn Adventure

The view was amazing. It was autumn in Hillstop Mountain and the sweet, late afternoon breeze smelled of wildflowers. I came here often. Sometimes with someone, and sometimes, like that day, I came alone.

I had always sat there, admiring the view. But that day, I wanted to be different. I wanted to explore, what was beyond the autumn tree. So I did. I got up, and began strolling along the hill. Past the tree and then another one.

I came to a hill. So I lay down, on the soft, fresh, green grass and began rolling, down, down, down the hill I went. It seemed endless, like I would never stop rolling. But then, suddenly it was darker. It slowly closed in around me. I began to get frightened. It felt as if the ground was moving beneath me now. Mabye it was. But how would I know?

I had been trapped now for at least a half hour. I had fallen asleep. I now lay awake, still frightened. My senses told me I was in a sack. I looked up. But I couldn't see anything. Nothing but darkness.

Surely, my mother would be worried. I only spent 45 minutes near the autumn tree. I wasn't sure but I could sense that an hour had passed.

Mabye 15 minutes later, the sack began to open, light filled the sack. Fresh air. I took a deep breath of it. Slowly, the sack opened up even more. I started to climb out. "Hello." Said a confused voice. I looked up, squinting to try and make out the face. It was an elderly man. "I'm sorry. I didn't know you were in there Love. I would've let you out otherwise." He said. "I'll take you home if you like." He said. 'no!' I thought. 'Don't go with strangers!' So instead, I said. "Could you just give me directions to the hill you took me from?"

So the man gave me directions, I found my way home and told my mum all about the adventure I had had that day over a nice warm cup of hot chocolate.