Waking up a little after six, Peckerhead was a mix of emotions. Yes, she couldn’t wait for her day to start, excited to see the school and eager to learn lots of new things. Though part of her missed her dad. This is was the longest she’d gone without being near him. Her throat was getting dry just thinking about him.
No, she thought to herself. I am 15, technically… I think. I am old enough to not need my dad. I can do this this. Sniffing loudly, she got out of bed and noticed a bit of straw was sticking out of her grazed knee from yesterday. Wincing, she pushed it back in and then got herself ready in her brand new girls uniform.
Once ready, Peckerhead spun, loving the dress and thought of Cara, wondering what she would think of her in the uniform. Cara. Would she be wearing a uniform too? I have to find her to see. Peckerhead charged out of the dorm room that she apparently shared with someone else and into the corridor. Looking both directions, she turned left. Then a right, a right, and another left. Found some stairs and leapt down them two at a time.
“Cara,” she called as bounded downstairs, then went left. Left again and then right… until she was lost. She stopped. The seam where the sack had been cut that made up her lower lip started to tremble. “Ca- C- Cara, you d-didn’t really w-want to be my fwend, did you?”, she was saying this aloud to herself. “I d-don’t even know your room. You didn’t want to hang out or going shopping with me again? You’re a human and I’m just a stupid scarecrow that no one wants to be friends with. Stupid Peckerhead. Stupid, stupid me.” Tears leaked from her eyes and she kicked the wall as hard as she could, which wasn’t very hard at all.
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