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the courtyard with all the other kids and soon I was surrounded by all the girls and boys in my class. They all had so many questions and they thanked me for answering Sir’s questions.
    “It was nothing, I’m happy to help.”
    At lunchtime Emily and I collected a tray from the food counter and selected the food we wanted to eat. I took some pasta with bolognaise sauce, a small yogurt and small bowl of fruit salad. We sat at a long empty table and were joined by many children from our class.
    “Wow, you’ve really made a good impression,” Emily said. “I don’t usually have this much company at lunch time.”
    I talked a little with most of the children in my class and finished the day with sports. The boys played football and the girls played netball. I had never played the game before but I quickly caught on and really got into it. I had a go playing Wing Attack and then Centre.
    Stuart and Sara collected me at 3.30pm at pick up. I had to learn the procedure for pick-up which meant day pupils had to line up in the common area and take their turn to sign out.
    “Next,” said a teacher sitting behind a desk. I had not met him before.
    “Holly Stephens.”
    He ticked a piece of paper, looked up at me then said, “Done, you can go.”
    I could see Sara and Stuart waiting, Sara waved to me briefly so that I could find her easily.
    “How was your first day at school, Holly?”
    “Really good.”
    “That’s great news,” Sara said looking straight from me directly to Stuart approvingly. “Holly, I have some news for you. Your mum had a little boy today, they called him George.”
    “Is mum all right?”
    “Yes mother and baby are fine. She wanted me to remind you how much she loves you.”
    As I got into the car I felt a surge of emotions. I missed my mum and dad, I wanted to meet my brother and I knew I never would.
    Sara seemed to understand how I was feeling. “What would you like for dinner? Just name it and we’ll make it,” she said.
    “I’m not really hungry.”
    “OK, you let me know if you change your mind.”
    I nodded.

C hapter Five
     
    Sara and Stuart always gave me a present on my birthday and on the anniversary of my arrival on Earth. Today I had officially been on Earth for two years, but it felt so much longer. Even though I am not related to Sara and Stuart, you wouldn’t know it – they treat me like their daughter and I treat them like my parents. Sara and I have become particularly close over the last two years, especially when I have my melancholy moments, she is always there to comfort me, sometimes just sitting with me and rubbing my back while I sob. I don’t really cry as much as I used to, I actually quite like my new life.
    At school I’ve become quite popular. I was given the lead in last year’s school play and really enjoy performing arts, something I didn’t really get into before. I tend to excel in science, having a natural aptitude for the subject, I just get it, all of it; physics, chemistry and biology. My teacher suggested I think about being a doctor or a scientist, I’ll keep that in mind, but for now I like the idea of performing. I also like doing athletics, particularly sprinting and the 400 metres race. So far I’ve competed against the whole county and I’m ranked at ten for all under 15’s, in my county and in my age group.
    Emily and I have become firm friends. She lives in a big manor house on a farm and is the only child at home as her older sister has left. Emily was a mistake, but a welcomed mistake, but she does feel isolated some times. I would love to live in a house like Emily’s but if I did I wouldn’t be able to hop on my bike and go for ride, or walk down to the shops. So there are good things that come from living on an estate. Emily loves to come over to my place for a sleepover, and I love going to her house too. Emily is thinking about becoming a weekly boarder as her parents think it would help her socialise.
    I’ve been