I Want to be Me by Nicky Bright

Author:Nicky Bright
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 2018-09-26T16:00:00+00:00

Today I saw him fly

High, high up there

He touched the clouds

And so did I.

Claudia. MySpace.

9

Game On!

Claudia was ready for exam week. She had managed to revise her subjects, in spite of all the drama of Port Meadow. She tried to ignore the chaos in the corridors, the girls who wanted a last-second swot and the panic that broke out when someone realised they didn’t have a pen or a calculator or ruler, or something.

However, as she sat at her desk for the English exam, Claudia’s mind began to wander back to Port Meadow. She thought especially of her meeting on Wednesday with Julia, and wondered just what Julia had in mind. She had been quite mysterious about it. Then there was the request by Helen Brown to see Finn. That was tomorrow. Claudia admired Finn. He was always ready to help. Claudia wondered just how much Julia liked him. Finn was always ready to help out. She just knew Julia was getting closer to Finn. Suddenly she was startled by a head appearing over her shoulder.

‘Claudia!’ It was Ms Travers, the exam supervisor. ‘Everyone’s been writing for some minutes now. Have you been daydreaming?’ Claudia grabbed at her pen, in something of a panic.

‘Thanks, Ms Travers.’ She liked Ms Travers, a new young French teacher. She wouldn’t need a second reminder and set about writing her English exam immediately. After school she had a brief chat with Louise, who thought that she’d done quite well in English. Claudia told her she hoped that she got an excellent result, but that she herself had probably not done so well in English. She was hoping for a better result in maths tomorrow.

The following day, about the same time as Claudia was sitting the maths exam, the affairs of Old College and the Port Meadow competition were about to take a dramatic turn.

On Tuesday, Finn walked through the gates of Old College to meet up with Helen as he had promised. Fortunately, the porter didn’t recognise him from his previous visit. Finn had taken the precaution of dressing quite differently and today he wore a straw hat and dark glasses, and of course he had brought his violin along, just as Helen had asked him to do. He eventually found Helen’s room and knocked on the door. Helen showed him into her room.

‘I’m glad you’ve come, Finn,’ she said. ‘Congratulations on your award. I thought you played extremely well.’ He noticed that Helen appeared to be nervous. She was moving around uneasily, as if there was something worrying her. What was going on? Helen went over to the window, looked out, and then came back to her desk. She motioned to a chair, and Finn sat down opposite her, with his violin across his knees.

‘I don’t know how to say this, but I’ll try – your orchestra simply must win this final. I’m not sure that you can, but I do know that, if it’s at all possible, you must win. Do you know why?’

‘Yes, I do,’ Finn replied.

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