Sub Plot 4

[Cassandra "Melody" Milton]

Sky Benson [female, year 7]
[??] Wilkinson [male, year 7]

Sub Plot 4:

Sky and [??] met the day [??]had moved in to the house three doors down from her back in July. They had a struck up a friendship almost immediately, and over the last summer they got closer and closer. Now they’re both starting secondary school, and Sky is looking forward to facing the new lifestyle with her best friend.

However [??] doesn’t seem to be so excited; in fact, he’s becoming gradually more and more reserved. Sky is pretty sure he’s keeping something from her, but she’s not certain what.

The truth is, [??] had been a manic-depressive for the past three years, he’d tried taking every anti-depressant on the market but they rarely seemed to work. He’d always been self-conscious of the reaction he tended to get when people found out about his depression, so when he had started hanging out with Sky, he hadn’t told her as he didn’t want her to treat him any differently.

But Sky wasn’t stupid, [??]knew that he would have to tell her the truth sooner or later, but he just didn’t know how. The longer he left it, the harder it became to come clean, would she be angry with him for not telling her? Or would she become distant like everyone else seemed to when they found out the truth. [??] wasn’t sure he was ready to take the risk and find out…