It was the first day back after thesummer holidays; I saw the sane familiar faces and a few new ones as well.

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It was the first day back after the summer holidays; I saw the sane familiar faces and a few new ones as well.

“ So good to be back”, I thought. I waved at a few of my classmates and went up to my class.

“Kerry, you alright, where have you been? You haven’t even been in touch all summer you selfish cow,” I said.

“ You know the situation at our house Tanya. I can’t go out or phone anyone these days,” said Kerry.

How could I have forgotten? I was so busy with everything else around me that I didn’t even think about others. Just a few months ago, Kerry’s mum had died, she still hadn’t gotten over it and her dad already had his new girlfriend moved in with him. Kerry was really upset over this and hardly talked to anyone but me her best friend. I’m Tanya Phillips, I’m really loud and chatty and so was Kerry before her mum died, now she hardly talks and is always feeling down.

Mr. Thompson came in and gave us our timetable. “Ok everyone, welcome back, new term, new start. I want everyone trying really hard this year. You all have you’re GCSE’s and I want everyone to do well and concentrate hard,” he said.

It was now lunchtime and I saw Kerry sitting on our same little table. Something was different about her, I couldn’t quite hit the spot, as I came out of class I noticed a bruise on her arm. “Kerry, what happened on your arm, that’s a really big bruise,” I told her.

“Nothing I fell down the stairs, its ok nothing big,” she said.

I’ve known Kerry, nursery and I could tell she was lying, you can tell when a persons lying by looking at their eyes, Kerry’s were looking towards the floor and she seemed nervous when she was talking to me aswell. I was going to tell her that a bruise this big wouldn’t have come from falling down the stairs, but I left it. I was going to find out why my friend was so upset. We used to have a laugh all the time before her mum died, talk about clothes, shopping, boys, but now it was as if I didn’t even know her.

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That evening I decided to go over to Kerry’s house and cheer her up, I knew her dad was a bit moody these days so I was going to make a special effort.

“Mum I’m just going over to Kerry’s, she’s not feeling too well so I’m just goanna go and cheer her up,” I said to my mum.

“Ok but don’t take too long it’s your turn to wash-up tonight,” called back my mum.

I arrived at Kerry’s house and rang the bell. I woman who looked in her late 20’s answered the door. ‘This must be the ...

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