[Azura Hope Perry]

Azura zipped her coat all the way up as she sat on a damp rock beside the pond, her notebook open on her knee, glitter pen poised above the pages, yet there was nothing there, her thoughts had shattered, like a dropped glass, when the news of their move was dropped on her and she was still trying to sweep up all the pieces, and since she hadn't been able to breathe, let alone think at her grandparents' house, she had caught a bus and come here, where she thought her thoughts would easily flow as she sat watching the ducks float around the pond.

She knew that this move was good for her mum, but that didn't mean it was good in the long run. It was nice enough here, but it wasn't London. For one thing, there was too much green here, everything was green, and people all seemed so nice! Okay, that wasn't such a bad thing, but she was used to people just nodding at each other in greeting, rather than wanting to chat. She knew the best thing to do was to keep her head down, keep out of trouble, and keep quiet about what her mum did for a job - no one wanted to be friends with someone who's parent was a cop!

Picking up a small stone, she threw it into the water, making sure it wasn't close to the ducks, watching the ripples spread out from where the stone had sliced through the mirrored surface of the water. She tapped the end of the pen on her lips as thoughts began to surface

We are but ripples in a pond.
Movements pushed by actions untold.
We have no control of where we'll end,
or of the events that will unfold.

She curled her nose as she read through what she had written, not really sure what she thought of it. It wasn't terrible, persey, but it also didn't make her go wow either. She guessed that was one good thing about being new to a school, the teachers didn't expect anything of her yet.

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