Secret

    The hard but cool pebbles felt nice under my burning feet I had walked all the way from my house to my favorite place, ‘my' place, where I go when things are bad. I sat down on a huge rock and looked out to sea I picked up a stray shell and threw it into the sea. It made a splashing sound in the water.

 “I'm so glad I am the only one who knows about this place”, I said to myself.

Twenty minutes had passed and I was still sitting on my rock. I could hear a distant rumble of a car going past but it soon got louder. I hoped it wouldn't come to where I was. Sure enough it came down the long dirt track that could hardly be seen.

 “I wonder who could be coming here anyway, ‘here to my place”, I mumbled to no one but myself.

The car stopped and a tall lady with bright pink sunglasses stepped out of the drivers seat.

 “What are you doing here young lady” she asked me.

 I couldn't talk. My mouth had suddenly gone dry.

 “W…w…what do you mean? This is m…my favorite place and n…n…no one else knows about it” I stammered

 “ Well excuse me but I have just brought this land to build my house on, so I must know about it too” she replied.

    I was beginning to dislike this lady more and more. I stood up and tried to make myself look more grown up but unfortunately it mustn't have worked.

 “Look little girl I am going to build a house here whether you like it or not starting from tomorrow” she stubbornly replied.

I looked down and scuffed my feet on the hard rock I didn't know what to do or what to say I felt so miserable. “Do you want me to ring your mother and tell her where you are, because you are trespassing on my land right now” the lady said.

“ NO!! This is my place my secret place and you are not going to take it away from me”, I yelled. I ran up the steep dirt track and sprinted down the deserted road. When I reached home I flopped down on the front lawn “what am I going to do” I groaned.

    The next day I got up extra early and ran down to my former favorite place. To my dismay I saw that there was already a frame of the house right where my rock had been “they must have been busy last night” I grumbled. The same car that I saw yesterday came rumbling down the track. I quickly ducked out of sight as another car came and then a van carrying all of the equipment. The equipment was dumped in a heap on the ground and then the cars drove off. I decide to take some stuff away and hide it so I jogged down and grabbed some things that looked important.

    I quickly ran back under the tree and waited for a minute then I ran up the steep hill puffing and panting. I reached the top of the hill and turned left I didn't know where I was going but I just had to hide this stuff and then I could maybe save my favorite place. I turned right into a trail witch led to a clump of trees “this would be a good place” I puffed. In the middle of the trees there was a big space so I threw the equipment down and then a small trail caught my eye for some reason I recognized the trail. My curiosity made me follow the trail and pretty soon I found that this was a secret trail that led to my once favorite place. From the trail I could see every thing that was going on there seemed to be more people at the house now but they where all crowded around the pile of supplies and they where muttering things like “ what stupid people would take millions of dollars of supplies” and “ those people will be in deep trouble if they get caught” I was wondering if they where talking about me but I hadn't taken that much stuff had I? I looked back at the pile of supplies and I noticed that there was a lot of stuff there. “Oh no what if I do get caught” I gasped. I ran out of the clump of trees and all the way home.

    At home mum was baking a bunch of blueberry muffins. “Those smell nice,” I said trying not to show that I was worried. “Thanks Linda you can try one from the batch I have already made if you want” mum said  “no thanks” I replied and walked outside to the backyard. Our backyard is very large there is a beautiful garden path that leads to a sort of field at the bottom. Some times I play in the field but today I just sat and stared.

    It was now Tuesday and the house had almost been finished but the builders hadn't found the supplies that I took yet so that was one of the only good things for me right now. I didn't think that there was much point in trying to stop the house being built any more so I didn't really care if they found the supplies but what about my other secret trail what will happen to that will they find it and make it big like they did with the other trail.

    So many thoughts where going through my mind I didn't know what to do, school holidays is nearly over and I will be going back to boarding school so I wont be able to stop them finding the trail. I didn't like everything changing they weren't good changes or I didn't think they where anyway.

    The house was now finished but they hadn't found the supplies so they brought some more {it would have cost a fortune} I am glad they haven't found my secret trail. I went back there this morning and I could see what Ms. Sanding was doing {that's the lady with the pink glasses name} ms standing's real name is lindy but every one calls her lind except me. Mum has become good friends with lind but I can't stand her I am always spying on her and once she nearly saw me but I was too quick for her.

Dear Diary:

I am at boarding school and I HATE it I miss my home and I cant stop thinking about going home and not being able to sit on my rock and look out to sea. Mum has sent me a few things and even Lind sent me something can you believe it and it was actually the shell I threw in the sea the first time I saw Lind. I better go now its time for my first session for the day.

    It is now my holidays and I am not really looking forward to going home I have made lots of friends and I don't want to have to thank Lind for the gift. Mum came and picked me up from the train station and I was in for a shock.

 On the way home mum told me that lind's house had been completely flooded and the house has rotted down. For once I actually felt sorry for lind and I sort of felt like it was my fault but it wasn't was it. “but I have some good news lind is building a house next to ours so she will still be able to see us” mum explained. “Mum will lind be replacing the things she took away from the spot where she had the house” I asked “oh yes that has already been done it ‘s all back to normal now” mum replied.

    When we got home mum had set up a welcome home party for me I was so happy. Everything was back to normal or at least that's what I thought. The next day when I got up there was a note on the end of my bed, I picked it up and opened it inside it said:

Dear Linda,

                 It seems to me that you didn't like me living where my house used to be and that's why you took the supplies wasn't it. I saw you take the supplies but I didn't say anything I sort of felt sorry for you but unfortunately someone else saw you too but they didn't say anything either but now they have told the government and they may be pressing charges on you. If they do I want you to know that I am on your side. I am sorry that I wasn't very nice to you the day we met and I am sorry for moving your rock and building a house where you favorite place was. I deliberately wrecked my house but please don't tell any one. I would also like to ask you if we could be friends.

Yours truly Ms. Lindy Standings.

    That day I went over to lind's house and had a talk with her and I found out that she was actually really nice. I've never really had an adult as a friend but lind is and she is my best friend now. I now felt that every thing was back to normal.

THE END