Daniel: Asleep already? Elena woke up to a splitting headache and an unread message from Daniel. She rolled on her bed, grabbing her phone, as she swiped it unlock. Elena: Hey, Good morning. Damn, a hundred soldiers marching in her head. She tossed her phone after checking the time. 7:02am. She rolled in bed, again. "Elena, get up," her roommate tap her. "You'll be late for prayers." "If the sisters notice I'm not at prayers, tell them I have a terrible headache so I can't get out of bed." "Okay," she replied, getting up from Elena's bed. "You've used meds?" "Nah, I'm good." Elena watched all her roommates leave the room one after the other, finally shutting the door. Her phone beeped again, as she sluggishly took it.  Daniel: Good morning. How are you? How was yesterday'

“Elena, Sister Gemma asked me to call you.” “Okay,” Elena replied, putting on her regular flip flops. “She’s along the corridor.” Elena nodded in reply, opening the door to leave. She had gotten in yesterday careful not to collide with any of the sisters. Her roommates were still up when she got in. They had all noticed the smile on her face and asked what happened. Even though she said nothing, she went to bed, her hands clutching her necklace, a half smile plastered on her face. Luke didn’t wait for her, which was unusual. And now that Sister Gemma had called for her so early in the morning, it was even more unusual. “Good morning, Sister Gemma.” “Elena, good morning,” she replied. “How are you?” “I’m fine.”

  "Let's all go to a restaurant today.''   It was their third day at Ireland. Elena paid almost no attention to Ivy's suggestion as she was too busy searching for the laces to the sneakers she wore the previous day. She could swore she left them by her bed side but to her surprise they had disappeared. She dared not ask June for their whereabouts sure she was going to tease her.   'Are you sure you didn't leave it in Daniel's room?' That was probably what was going to say if she asked her. She groaned at the memory of her mysteriously falling asleep in Daniel's room. On his shoulders too. She couldn't be more glad June decided to come wake her up at 11:48pm. According to June, Daniel had also fallen asleep, his head rested on her head and instead of Jordan waking them up from their unplanned slumber immediately he got in, he stood at a corner of the room quietly watching them sleep.  As if June's teas

Elena was glad Luke decided to tag along. Not that she’d admit it or tell him anyways. She hadn’t even had the opportunity to tell him about Ireland cause he was too busy telling about things that happened while she was away. He told her his school, Amigo and everything that happened to him.    The bus ride was short or long- whichever way, she didn’t notice cause they were too engrossed in their conversation. They alighted at the second to the last bus stop, according to Luke was a trekkable distance away from June’s apartment building. They got down, Luke’s arm protectively around Elena’s shoulders as they walked. “Are you sure we aren’t about to get lost?” Elena asked Luke for the hundredth time.   Again, Luke ignored the question. “You know i’m just making sure we-” &ld

  Elena fiddled with the red shoe laces, trying to tie them into the exact bow they were tied up in when Daniel gave them to her. After series of failed attempts, she gave up, tying it up  in a regular knot.   He was right. The sneakers looked good on their uniform and even better with her complimenting it with knee high socks. She grabbed her backpack, rebuttoned her shirt to make her necklace less obvious and headed to school.   In less than 25 minutes, she got to school immediately heading towards her locker. She inputted her locker combination, opening it to reveal two pictures. One of her and Luke and one of her and June.   June.   She looked around hoping to see in the hallways. Just as she hoped, June appeared right beside her. "Hey girlll," June greeted, her voice filled with enthusiasm as usual. "Were you expecting me?"