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fry_sandhu"I'm very proud of you for doing this play." Mum says, one morning as she drops Fry off at school on the day of the dress rehearsal.
"Why?" Fry asks, curiously.
"Because at the start of the year, I was worried all you would do is try and get credits." Mum says. "And you're being much more balanced now."
Fry smiles slightly. He's still heading for the top of the credit chart, and keeping on top of the play. Okay, maybe he won't beat Rosie Sinclair's end of year record, but he's starting to feel that maybe he doesn't need to quite so much.
He still wants to, though. But he's beginning to realise that you can't do it all. Sometimes that's hard. It has meant things like deciding only to enter the local round of mathletics this year, even though he was offered a place at the regionals. It would have clashed with the play, and he's determined to be a great Simba.
In the classroom, things have settled down somewhat between Zack and Noah. Zack is now feeling rather ashamed of trying to sabotage Noah's homework, and has found himself starting to think about how he can get his leadership ambitions on track. He'd also felt rather guilty for his outburst at Peter. Not because Peter has had a go at him back, if anything it's the opposite; he's isolated himself away from everyone else.
"Look, Pete? I'm sorry I said none of your family would come to the play." Zack says sheepishly, at the dress rehearsal. "I... I pretty much screwed up everything this term but that bit I didn't mean."
"It's fine, it's true." Peter says flatly.
"Even if it is I shouldn't have said it." Zack says. "Sorry."
"They'd only yell at each other if they did come." Peter says.
For the dress rehearsal, they have an audience from the local nursing home. It's their first time to meet Miss-Havisham-The-Even-Older - the aunt of the current Miss Havisham and the teacher mentioned at the start of the strategy guide. After ten minutes talking to her, the class can see where the current Miss Havisham gets her teaching style from.
"Right, I think we're all ready to start." Mrs Donkey says, looking around the class. "Where's Peter?"
Everyone looks around. Mrs Donkey sends a few people to go and look for him.
But Peter apparently doesn't want to be found.
When Peter isn't found twenty minutes later, Zack suddenly starts to worry. Is Peter really hiding? Or was all the mean stuff he said to him the last straw? He feels a sinking feeling in his stomach.
"Guys, I think Peter might have run away." he says, in a small voice.
"Run away?" Tommy asks in alarm.
"Yeah." Zack says. "I... I said something to him about his parents not bothering to turn up to the play a couple of days ago and he's been acting weird since."
"You apologised for that, right?" Noah asks.
"I did, right after you said." Zack says. "I was ashamed. But he wasn't angry, he was just all weird."
Tommy glares at Zack. "You butthead, you know he's got problems at home since his mum and dad split up."
"Yeah, I know, it was the wrong thing to do." Zack says. "But now we've got to fix it, and I can't do it on my own, so we're going to need to work as a team. I'll go and tell Miss H what I did in a minute, but we need to think fast. If he's run away, he might get in trouble crossing the road, so she'll need to know where he might have gone. Does anyone know if he has any friends outside school, or anyone else he trusts?"
They are quiet for a moment. Then, remembering something he saw last term, Fry pipes up.
"He phones his grandma in secret at lunch time?"
"In secret?" Noah asks. "Why would it need to be secret?"
"Maybe he's not allowed to see his gran." Tommy says.
"Right, Fry, you and I will go talk to Miss Havisham." Zack says. "Everyone else, search round the school."
"Why?" Fry asks, curiously.
"Because at the start of the year, I was worried all you would do is try and get credits." Mum says. "And you're being much more balanced now."
Fry smiles slightly. He's still heading for the top of the credit chart, and keeping on top of the play. Okay, maybe he won't beat Rosie Sinclair's end of year record, but he's starting to feel that maybe he doesn't need to quite so much.
He still wants to, though. But he's beginning to realise that you can't do it all. Sometimes that's hard. It has meant things like deciding only to enter the local round of mathletics this year, even though he was offered a place at the regionals. It would have clashed with the play, and he's determined to be a great Simba.
In the classroom, things have settled down somewhat between Zack and Noah. Zack is now feeling rather ashamed of trying to sabotage Noah's homework, and has found himself starting to think about how he can get his leadership ambitions on track. He'd also felt rather guilty for his outburst at Peter. Not because Peter has had a go at him back, if anything it's the opposite; he's isolated himself away from everyone else.
"Look, Pete? I'm sorry I said none of your family would come to the play." Zack says sheepishly, at the dress rehearsal. "I... I pretty much screwed up everything this term but that bit I didn't mean."
"It's fine, it's true." Peter says flatly.
"Even if it is I shouldn't have said it." Zack says. "Sorry."
"They'd only yell at each other if they did come." Peter says.
For the dress rehearsal, they have an audience from the local nursing home. It's their first time to meet Miss-Havisham-The-Even-Older - the aunt of the current Miss Havisham and the teacher mentioned at the start of the strategy guide. After ten minutes talking to her, the class can see where the current Miss Havisham gets her teaching style from.
"Right, I think we're all ready to start." Mrs Donkey says, looking around the class. "Where's Peter?"
Everyone looks around. Mrs Donkey sends a few people to go and look for him.
But Peter apparently doesn't want to be found.
When Peter isn't found twenty minutes later, Zack suddenly starts to worry. Is Peter really hiding? Or was all the mean stuff he said to him the last straw? He feels a sinking feeling in his stomach.
"Guys, I think Peter might have run away." he says, in a small voice.
"Run away?" Tommy asks in alarm.
"Yeah." Zack says. "I... I said something to him about his parents not bothering to turn up to the play a couple of days ago and he's been acting weird since."
"You apologised for that, right?" Noah asks.
"I did, right after you said." Zack says. "I was ashamed. But he wasn't angry, he was just all weird."
Tommy glares at Zack. "You butthead, you know he's got problems at home since his mum and dad split up."
"Yeah, I know, it was the wrong thing to do." Zack says. "But now we've got to fix it, and I can't do it on my own, so we're going to need to work as a team. I'll go and tell Miss H what I did in a minute, but we need to think fast. If he's run away, he might get in trouble crossing the road, so she'll need to know where he might have gone. Does anyone know if he has any friends outside school, or anyone else he trusts?"
They are quiet for a moment. Then, remembering something he saw last term, Fry pipes up.
"He phones his grandma in secret at lunch time?"
"In secret?" Noah asks. "Why would it need to be secret?"
"Maybe he's not allowed to see his gran." Tommy says.
"Right, Fry, you and I will go talk to Miss Havisham." Zack says. "Everyone else, search round the school."
