Free JULIA JONES - My Worst Day Ever! - Book 1: aged 9 - 12 by Katrina Kahler

I’ve come to the conclusion that
it was doomed from the start. So many things had gone wrong and it just didn’t
seem fair.
    As I lay there, I envisioned the smirk on
Sara’s face that I had seen so often. I felt totally convinced that she was not
the girl I had originally thought she would be. Too many things had happened
over the past weeks and I tried to piece the puzzle together.
    A couple of things stood out in my mind.
For one, the message from Miss Fitz about the head bands for the junior girls.
I am positive that Sara never gave me that message. Another issue was my
missing costume for our dance. I’m sure that I packed it and since coming home,
I’ve searched every possible spot in my room but it’s nowhere to be seen. I
know that I had it in my bag, and if that is the case then where did it get to?
And where is it now?
    I wondered if that mystery would ever be
solved. I thought briefly about confronting Sara and asking her directly if she
knew anything about it but I was sure that would be useless. She’d never admit
to anything, even if she was guilty.
    Just as I was trying to concoct a really
good excuse for having the entire week off school, I heard a gentle knock on my
door. Then to my surprise, Millie’s smiling face appeared.
    “Julia!” She came rushing over to my bed to
give me a huge hug. “Are you ok?” she asked, with genuine concern. “I’ve been
so worried about you! I wanted to come sooner but your mom said that you needed
some time to recover before having visitors.”
    Just having Millie there, was instantly
reassuring and I could feel my spirits rise. Then when she pulled a block of my
all-time favorite chocolate out of her back pack, I couldn’t help but grin
widely.
    “My favorite!” I exclaimed. “Thank you so
much!”
    “I know,” she replied, watching me rip the
wrapping open. “I was hoping it might cheer you up.”
    “It’s so good to see you, Millie!” I
responded, hugging her once more. “But I’m so embarrassed about what happened.
How am I ever going to go back to school again?”
    “Everyone was worried about you, Julia!”
she quickly replied. “After the ambulance came, you were all that everyone
could talk about. They were all so concerned. They’ll be so happy to see you
back at school tomorrow.”
    I looked away from her trying to hide the
tears that had sprung to my eyes. “I really don’t want to go back to school,
Millie. I’m so worried about seeing everyone. It’s all so humiliating.”
    “Julia, don’t be silly. Everyone will be so
happy to see that you are alright. And the musical would never have happened
without you. Miss Fitz and Miss Sheldon are so grateful for all your help. They
even made an announcement at the end of the night and everyone stood up and
cheered. They all know how hard you worked to put it all together.”
    “And anyway, it was lucky that our dance
was the last performance. Everyone got to perform and you’re ok now. Apart from
you collapsing, the show was a huge success. And so much of it was thanks to
you!”
    After a moment’s silence, she continued,
“You ARE coming back to school tomorrow, aren’t you, Julia?”
    With a nod of my head, I gave her another
big hug. But I was still concerned about Sara. I wasn’t sure whether to mention
her to Millie or not. Millie would probably say I’m imagining things and being
completely silly.
    So, I decided to keep my thoughts to
myself. I didn’t want to spoil Millie’s visit. I was so glad that she was there
and I actually began to look forward to returning to school the following day.
    I felt especially grateful to have Millie
as my friend.

     

Back at school…
     
    Everyone really did seem pretty concerned
when I turned up at school. A heap of kids surrounded me, asking if I was ok. The
teachers all came to check on me as well.
    It was so nice to see that they genuinely
cared, although I really didn’t want to talk about it at all. I had decided to
label that