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I felt light-weighed after Olivia's apology. But I still had a problem to solve, Emma. I had to make up with her before the time was too late. I headed to my class, to do my apology to Emma, though I still think friends should believe each other, and I did nothing wrong. When I arrived at the classroom, Emma wasn't there, but someone else was there. "Amy! Come over. Olivia and I are just about to start this card game!" Ellan called from mixing the cards in her hands. "Wha...what?" I said. Ellan was playing with Olivia? But just yesterday, she refused Olivia! "Olivia told me that you made up with her this morning and back to being friends! Also, Olivia asked me some advice as a fellow friend of you, so I told her what I know about you." "Okay. Bye!" I quickly said, and ran out of the classroom. "Oh... that's why Olivia apologized to me. To get Ellan's attention." Strong wave of tears suddenly over came my eyes. I thought Olivia really felt sorry! But really... she had just apologized to get along with Ellan. I ran to the girl's bathroom. In my way, I saw Emma talking to Grace. When Grace whispered something in Emma's ears, Emma giggled. That made my heart ache more. Why did things become this bad? Why do I have to be the one who doesn't have friends? But that didn't matter now, that I've lost 3 friends since 4th grade had began.

After school, I walked home slowly, draging my feet behind me. Yesterday, I had walked home with Ellan, but Ellan told me that Olivia had invited Ellan to Olivia's hosue, so she couldn't go home with me. The road seemed more longer than before. It looked like it will never end... But it finally it did and I opened the door. Surprisingly, when I opened th door, mother's laughter filled the whole house. I hurried inside and saw mother with a woman who was very tall. Mother spotted me and pulled me over to the woman. "This is Amy. Amy, this is Halin, I mean Ellan's mother. You know Ellan, right?" I nodded. Of course I knew Ellan. The woman smiled at me warmly and said, "Ellan told me that you helped her get along with the kids. Ellan also said that you also read [Harry Potter]. Not many kids had read it, so Ellan always struggled to make new friends, until she met you." I made a fake smile. 'That Ellan is right now at my ex-friend's house.' I thought. Ellan's mother and my mother talked on as I climbed the stairs.

"4th grade is going to stink if things go on like this..." I mumbled. How can I say that I was having a wonderful time when I'm actually having a horrible time? Just then, mother called from down stairs. "Amy! You got a phone call!" I ran down the stairs and snatched my phone right up, and went back up stairs. I looked at the caller, hoping that it will be Emma or Ellan, but it was Dain. "Hello Dain?" "You sound disappointed, is everything okay?" Dain's voice rang through out my room. I switched the volum to [Small]. "Yeah. Why?" I asked. I wasn't really close with Dain nowadays, so why did Dain call me? "About what?" Dain sounded confused. "Why did you call me?" I asked. There was silence. "Hello?" "Sorry, what did you say?" "Why did you call me." "I... um... just called." "What do you mean by 'just called'?" There was silence again. "Is this Dain Brons or not?" I said spoke clearly into the phone. "It's me!" Dain's voice returned. "I just... um... sorry, I think I have to hang up." And Dain hung up. Was Dain playing a trick on me? A fake phone call? I sighed and put the phone next to the bed. I set on my bed as I always did when I was frustrated or have to think seriously. I opened the window. Warm breeze flew in. I groaned. It wasn't winter anymore and there wasn't a cold breeze to cool my head off. The phone rang. I picked it up and looked at it. There was a text massage from Ellan. It said: I'm so disappointed with you. 

"Huh? What's she talking about???" I blurted out. Was Ellan disappointed at me? But because of what? I'd done nothing to her since she had left for Olivia's house...maybe Olivia lied to Ellan, again. Olivia must have lied to Ellan, unless, why would Ellan be disappointed with me? She was smiling when we parted, and she was in an execellent mood. I lay down on my bed. And soon, I was fast a sleep.

The next morning was sunny and bright as it could ever be. I went to school as usual, but strangly, Ellan wasn't waiting for me. Then I remembered the text massage. Ellan was still angry at me, but why? That was the question that bothered me until science class. "Now children," My science teacher paused for everyone to be quiet. "I think you all remember what we do in Spring time, right?" Nobody nodded. The teacher sighed. "What do you think we'll do in Spring time?" "We'll play!" A boy cried. All the kids laughed, but the teacher frowned. "What do we do, Emma?" Emma stood up. "We pick our teams and do a project." The teacher smiled. "Very good. Now, as Emma said, we're going to pick teams and do a fun project. Can you guess what it is?" Andrew shouted, "We experiment how much popcorn we can eat in 1 minute!" The teacher smiled. "Yes, we can experiment that. But the money," The teacher paused. "will be payed by your money, not the school's." The kids groaned. "We need to spend money?" A kid murmered. "No kidding." The teacher clapped her hands. "But we have a good news too! The group which do the most interesting project will won 1,000,000 dollars!" The class went silent, then happy crys and shouts rang out from everywhere. The teacher coughed. "Children! Let me explain please! You can make groups after I explain. A group should contain 4 people to 6 people, and each group should at least have a kid who is the group's different gender. Now, choose groups and come up to me until next monday."

As soon as the teacher finished her words, the students started talking, but I stayed silent. Who should I make groups with? I looked around. Most of the kids had already made groups. I saw Emma making a group with Grace, Hannah, and Willson. Ellan and Olivia had made groups with Sara, Lily, Owen, and Joana. But I still didn't have a group. Just then, Ellan called to me. "Amy! Come on! Join our group!" I ran over. "Really? Can I join your group?" I asked. "But I thought-" Olivia cut me off. "Ellan! We don't have any place for Amy, we're already 6 people!" Ellan turned her head and counted the kids. "Sorry..." Ellan said. "I'm really sorry, but Olivia is right. We don't have any place for you!" "That doesn't matter. Why did you-" I tried to ask Ellan about the massage, but the ball announcing recess stopped my words. "Amy! I have to go. Meet me after school."

After school, I waited for Ellan. Ellan finally said bye to Olivia and walked out. As soon as Olivia was out of ear shot, I asked, "What's that text massage you sent me?" Ellan hesitated for a minute. "Um...I meant to send it to someone else, but it went to you! I first tried to delet it, but it won't! I'm so sorry if you're mad at me for that massage." I studied Ellan's face. Some thing sounded odd... "But who did you planned to send that massage?" I asked. Ellan sighed. She looked around and whispered in my ears. "Olivia." My eyes widdened. "But I thought your friends with Olivia!" Ellan shook her head. "Not anymore. When I talked with Olivia, she told me about you and Emma. She told me about her mistake too. But Olivia said that she didn't do anything wrong! But I could understand you because I once..." Ellan stopped her self. "I mean it was a bad thing to do, but when I asked Olivia if she said sorry, she said that she didn't. So I thought Olivia was very rude, and I parted with her. But today, Olivia told me that she had said sorry to you, so I forgave her." I suddenly stopped. Now I understood the real reason for Olivia's sudden apology. The apology wasn't meant to be friends with Ellan, but to be forgived. But wait for a moment! Olivia didn't apologized to me about her doing of parting me and Emma, she apologized about her doings after I stopped being friends with Emma and Olivia. So that means... "Ellan! Olivia lied to you! She didn't apologized!" Ellan looked confused. "Huh?" But there was no time to explain. I ran to my house and called Olivia, to know why she's doing this.