Three days flew by and no Aidan came. I would go towards the open, hand railed area in the middle of all the Sections during the first recess each day, watching the two of them build their friendship with plenty of laughs from below.
Sometimes, I would envy them for not even bothering to fetch their friend. Mel would be the only one to come down to check on me and ask if I would be tagging along or not. We would talk for a minute or two before Aidan would phone for her to get to the second level.
Aidan hadn't bothered to come down even once. I had gone up only once towards his class with the excuse of searching for some ideas for my dress, which was partly, true but it was used only to see how he was faring. It felt like we weren't even friends anymore as he wouldn't even give me a wave or a glance when he saw me.
