Jo
JoThe next morning was nerve wracking. I woke up from a restless night of sleep full to more worries. What was going to happen when we met up later?
Would everything be like normal? Like we’d never kissed? Or would things be different, and if so… in a good or bad way?
I agonised about it the entire bus ride to the city centre. With the fair in town, some of the route had been changed and I had to walk quite a bit to get to where Ellie and I’d arranged to meet.
I spotted her from afar standing near the church. She stood out from the crowd and not just because she was Chinese. It was her presence, the way she held herself. It was a quiet confidence, a calm.
It was strange walking up to her. I’d done it a million times but it felt differently today. She was wearing the red scarf I bou
