My Maple Tree

[Alice Derland]

Alice sat down under her tree and took out a book. Wicked by Gregory Maquire. She had hoped it would be good but as Alice struggled through it she realized it was crap. Laying it down at her side she stared off into the distance and thought about the year ahead. Would her classes be any good. Would Astronomy not suck this year like it did last year. Would she make any new friends. With her abilities one would think she would know these answers but as she got older she seemed to be loosing her premonitions. She would have been glad for that years ago but had since gotten used to them and almost missed not knowing what was going to happen. Maybe there was a professor she could speak to about it.

With her mind wandering she leaned against the tree and closed her eyes. She loved it here, even though she missed her parents and her friends back home.