Bernadette
20 years ago
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mista. She waste captain ofthe hockey team, She an
round the playing fel str than anyone and she ed
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she never even loked Was invisible? Drche thnk She
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But now know was completly wrong. |waslockng
onthe Internet a Coupe of weeks ao end typed i
Bernadete's name, ust out of intrest venta,
Hound ter emall adress and urate messge to
her.I didn't get a reply immediately and | thought that
was the end of the story. However, a couple of days
later, Bernadette made contact. After exchanging
2 couple of emails, we decided to meet for caffee,
| was really curious to know what she was like now,
this girl of my childhood dreams, But when we finally
met, she looked completely different from how |
remembered. | couldn't believe that | used to fancy her.
We tatked a little about what we'd done since leaving
school and our lives now. She's married with two kids
and has a part-time job in a supermarket. Then we started
talking about school, and we laughed together over our
memories of those days. | was enjoying the conversation,
and | confessed that | used to love her. | thought she
would laugh, but instead, she said something which
completely changed the
way | see my schooldays. canteen n school dining room
id," used to love playground mn play area outside
Sie mld dia) stheal building
yourton, but! didnteaay assembly n meeting of students
anything because | was ‘and teachers at start of schoal day
t00 shy, shy adj nervous or embarrassed
‘about meeting people