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she followed her sister up the path.
    Lucy held Sky close, imagining how great it would be to have a friend living just across the road. They could walk to school together. Maybe have sleepovers at each other’s houses. She’d always gone by car to her old school, and none of her friends lived anywhere close, not even Ellie. Without thinking, she rubbed Sky gently behind the ears, making her close her eyes and purr with delight.
    “So you caught her then?” Lucy’s mum was now standing right beside her, holding a packet of cat treats, and smiling. 
    Lucy looked up, still lost in her thoughts. Then she remembered. Ellie was her friend, not Izzy. She didn’t want a kitten to make her forget. She didn’t want a kitten at all. She’d told her parents that… She stuffed Sky into Mum’s arms, and dashed into the house.
    But she could hear Sky mewing, and she longed to rush back and cuddle her again…

Chapter Five
    Lucy was staring gloomily at the bean plants in the school garden, and wondering why they bothered growing beans when nobody liked them. Suddenly, somebody tapped her on the shoulder and she jumped.
    Izzy grinned at her. “Sorry to scare you. I guess you didn’t hear me coming up behind you!” 
    “Um, no…” Lucy murmured.
    “I’m Izzy. Do you live in our road, Hazel Close? I saw you yesterday on the way home from school.” Izzy stared eagerly at Lucy.
    Lucy nodded. “Yes, we’ve just moved there,” she said quietly.
    Izzy didn’t seem too bothered by Lucy’s flat tone of voice. “That’s brilliant. There’s no one else my age in our road – well, only Sean Peters and he’s worse than no one. It’ll be really good to have another girl around.”
    Lucy smiled. It felt so nice to be wanted!
    “So is that gorgeous kitten yours? Is she a Siamese? Have you had her long? You’re so lucky, having a kitten!”
    Lucy said nothing. She didn’t knowwhat to say. Sky was her kitten, but she wasn’t going to be keeping her, was she?
    Lucy stared at the ground. There was an uncomfortable silence. Izzy turned to go.
    “Orla said you were stuck-up,” she said. “I told her you might just be shy, but maybe she was right.” She shrugged, and marched off across the garden.
    Lucy stared after her, her thoughts racing. Izzy was really nice, and seemed to want to be friends. But now she thought that Lucy was stuck-up. As Izzy opened the garden gate, Lucy dashed after her, trampling most of a row of carrot plants in her rush to catch her up. She caught hold of Izzy’s sleeve.

    “I’m really sorry, I’m not stuck-up, honestly. I just didn’t know what to say.” She sighed.
    Izzy just looked at her. It wasn’t a very encouraging start, but Lucy took a deep breath and began to explain. 
    “Look, I really didn’t want to move here. We had to because of my dad’s job. I just kept hoping and hoping that my mum and dad were going to change their minds. It’s not that I don’t think Hazel Close is nice,” she added quickly, not wanting to be rude about Izzy’s home. “And I guess this is probably a nice school, but I’m really missing my old school, and it’s just not the same.”
    Lucy stopped for breath. Izzy looked curious, so she kept going. “Mum and Dad are trying to persuade me to like it here. They gave me Sky on Saturday, to make me feel better about the move. That’s what Mum said.” Lucy’s eyes filled with tears. “She’s supposed to help me forget my old house and my friends and everything.” 
    “Wow,” Izzy muttered. “I suppose I’d be miserable if I had to move somewhere totally new.”
    Lucy nodded.
    “But at least you’ve got Sky. She’s gorgeous!” Izzy smiled.
    “She is,” Lucy agreed. “You’re going to think I’m stupid. But – well, I’m pretending I don’t like her. That’s why I just didn’t know what to say when you asked if she was my kitten.”
    Izzy looked confused. “But why?”
    “If Mum and Dad see I really love Sky, they’ll think