Chapter 91: History Of Celestine
Elfie’s Perspective:
4/9/2008
It’s been a whole year since me and Kai became friends. A whole, real, happy year.
No one calls me names anymore. No one throws dirt in my food or hides my shoes or whispers I’m weird behind my back. Miss Liora—she always reminds everyone that I’m not sick, that I’m just a girl, like the rest of them.
She even said my hair is the color of cherry blossoms and that it’s special. And now... now some of the kids actually talk to me. Some even play with me.
But I don’t play with them. Not really.
Because...
Because I only wanna be with him.
The air was a little chilly this morning. The grass outside still had tiny drops of water on it like sparkles. Some of the little ones were chasing each other with sticks and yelling "Freeze tag!" while the older boys were climbing the tree near the laundry lines, even though they weren’t supposed to.
I heard birds too, chirpy-chirpy ones, and the sky was cloudy but still bright. Like cotton candy if it had no color.
But all I could think was...
Today he’s gonna read to me again!