She boasted. Okay, lets go then but dont leave me today Sara. Please?! I pleaded to her. Of course I wont! she grabbed my hand. She drove from my hous... to school which takes about 15 minutes, she never letting go of Nicas hand the whole way there. They have been best friends for the past twelve years since they first met in kindergarten age four. Nica had just moved to live with her Aunt Monica a month before hand when her parents were killed in a car accident were she miraculously survived. Dressed in a pair of denim shorts, black tights and a crop top she was certainly a refreshing sight after the crap day I'd just had. After I had paid for the drink she came back and seemed happy to chat, perhaps she was bored and I certainly needed to distract myself from todays work explosion.I had resigned my job that day, was annoyed, sad and angry all at the same time, and couldn't have imagined better therapy than to chat to Teresa. I should say now that I am in my sixties and if I had a. There weren’t as many ending their shift today as usual. That was because around 3 o’clock, some of them were advised by Lady Maria and Jeanne carrying “La Contessa’s orders” (We just didn’t specify which Contessa.) that they would be needed to stay late tonight, but that it would be worth their while. I saw the workers for the castle’s print shop hurry on board, having just carried out a last-minute job for La Contessa before the end of the day.“We have to do several things here.” I told my. There was this girl just a few houses down the block, Judy was her name. A small girl, dark hair and petite. She was the classic "girl next door". Not very popular and not the Cheerleader type at all, kinda cute in her own way. She had a crush on me and we rode the same bus to school. She was a Sophomore at the time. We became friends and I could tell she had a bad case of puppy love for me. One afternoon after school, she said that she was going to be babysitting that night at a neighbors.