Chapter Five: The Calculator

Ever since that day Caitlin overheard the conversation between Nicky and Erin, she had no happiness at all. The recent problems of the school got her even more nervous that even when a person said Hi she screamed as if a dog had bitten her. She became that way moreover because Erin avoided and escaped her like a leper. Whenever Caitlin found her, Erin was crying and even when Caitlin tried to console her, Erin would ran away.

Therefore Caitlin missed Natalie the more. Despite the fact that she did not want Natalie to join Hamerton, she really felt lonely and needed her company. She missed her father and she wished that she could fly with her brother to Ontario and be with him. She regretted ever leaving USA.

The more she thought of these, more tears rolled down her eyes.

She was sitting on a staircase in front of the chief building portico. Students and staff passed now and then and many other students eased themselves on the stairs chatting or reviewing their books.

A student passed near Caitlin. A boy, carrying a backpack. He was a day scholar probably and trying to catch up with the many school buses on the yard beyond the stairs.

His backpack had one of its zip opened and as he climbed down the stairs he dropped something from his bag few steps below where Caitlin sat. Caitlin spotted it and rose. But, the boy had already boarded his bus.

“Hey!” she called

The boy who saw her from the bus window did not respond.

Caitlin walked down the steps and picked up the thing. It was… a calculator?

As she held it, some boys walked down the stairs behind her.

“Yes. That was good.” One said

“Right.” The other replied.

Caitlin moved a foot attempting to take the calculator to the owner by the bus but, in a flash of a second it was snatched from her hand.

“What!” she exclaimed, perplexed. She took a few seconds to recover herself and realize that the boys who she heard coming behind her, took the calculator and were walking with it to the same bus that the first boy boarded.

That’s much better… Caitlin thought. She only blinked once and the last sight she had was the yellow bus and the many students chatting before boarding it.

BOOOOM

Caitlin felt a strong force throw her into the air and she landed on one side whilst her head hit a very hard surface.

Everything went black.