The Excursion Have you ever wondered what an abandoned aboriginal water hole looks like? Well when Steffie was 6 she did, she remembers her first excursion from school. She was all dressed in blue, her favourite colour with purple writing on the from which spelt out her name Steffie. Her black hair in a high pony tail, with matching black shoes as she lined up to her best friend Cloe in front of the school bus doors. Ready to start the journey together. As Cloe and Steffie sit of the bus next to each other talking loudly, then after a minute everyone went silent as the meanest girl in school came up to them. With a quick breath in by Steffie, Amber looked meanly at them her evil dark eyes staring into their souls, with her dark blonde hair flying from the winds coming in from the windows. Just then you hear a noise, from the front of the bus as Ms. Joy walked in while telling everyone to sit down, which Amber didn't hear, because if she did she would of saw Ms. Joy walk up behind her and yell in her ear. "Amber I said sit down". So for once in her life she did what she was told. Off they went as the bus started to rumble and came to life. Half an hour of noise and obviously the evil stare from Amber, Steffie had enough. She knew why Amber hated everyone, it was just because they came from rich families and had everything which she came from a poor family and everyone teased her because of her clothes and then she went mean. As Steffie stood up Cloe asked her "where are you going" Steffie just mouthed Amber to her, then walked off. Amber was messing around with the back with one of the bus seats as Steffie sat down next to her, carefully but silently, as she put her favourite blue scarf on her lap. Steffie then saw the first real smile of the 'meant to be meanest girl' in the class. All of a sudden we hear another bang but louder as the bus doors open. After everyone piled out of the bus. Steffie went and stood next to Cloe, but to her surprise Cloe walked away and tripped over a rock in front of her and fell into the water in the water hole, by complete accident. Steffie saw the whole think happen but Steffie couldn't swim either so all she told Cloe was tread water like we were taught. When Amber got off the bus she was smiling but she knew she owed Steffie something in return. As Amber looked around for Steffie to thank her but, she couldn't find her in the group of people yelling and screaming at each other. So Amber walked around the bus to see Steffie trying to pull Cloe out of the water. Amber knows that Steffie would be grateful if she gets Cloe out so everything goes in slow motion as Amber runs towards the edge of the water but as soon as she reaches it she dived straight in not knowing how deep it is. She rescues Cloe with only as couple splashes from the water and they are both out of the water. When Amber climbed out of the water Cloe was surprised that is was actually Amber who saved her. Amber was given Steffie fresh towel to keep warm as everyone now greeted Amber as if she was the coolest girl in the class/school, and do you want to know who her best friends are, well you got it they are Cloe and Steffie. But do you want to know something that Amber hasn't told anyone its that she still has the scarf that Steffie gave her when she was 6 But on that day Amber learnt a very important lesson that everyone should know but it is very easy to forget ' it doesn't matter if your rich or if your poor no one has to be perfect you just have to get through as best you End by Kira Jackson yr. 8