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Lizzie called oing into town and now I&039;ree I wanted to stay at home but I had no choice I&039;ve had too much time off recently I was disciplined because of my absence record a couple of o in They&039;ve threatened to kick me out if I don&039;t turn up for work, and no matter how much I hate this job I can&039;t afford to lose it Maybe I&039;ll be the only one who turns up today Maybe I should just take a chance and turn round and go back hoht of sitting through another disciplinary ht up in the kind of troublehere last night
The streets are quieter today There are still plenty of people around but it feelsthan a Wednesday Everyone is silent and subdued and hardly anyone is talking to anyone else I understand why it&039;s like this I don&039;t want to talk to anyone either I don&039;t want to riskat the to flare up I keep uess that&039;s what everyone else is doing too
This feels bizarre Last night ere co to Harry it began to feel like the world was falling apart and co feels different Despite the quiet and the lack of conversation everything appears outwardly nors we&039;ve seen and heard about
I cross Millenniue expanse of block-paving with a horrible ht in the centre of town and people cross it froet to wherever it is they&039;re supposed to be going It&039;s always busy Between eight o&039;clock and nine in the , midday and two in the afternoon and pretty h to the early hours this place is choc full of people If there&039;s a place you&039;d expect so to happen, this is it Maybe I should have avoided it today, but that would have added at least another tenlate as it is It looks as if the authorities are ready for trouble There arearound here than I&039;ve ever seen on duty before and ht be nor officers walking through the croith their semi-automatic weapons prierous and unpredictable the situation now is But surely their presence will just add to the problem, not diffuse it?
My last couple of minutes of freedo this to happen? As I walk through the silent, stony-faced crowds I can&039;t help but wonder again what&039;s responsible for all thisthe world on its head? Has this whole situation been manufactured by the media as Lizzie&039;s dad believes or is therereally happened at all? Are people running scared fro that doesn&039;t even exist? Or is there so been sprayed into the air by terrorists? Are we living through some bizarre &039;Invasion of the Body Snatchers&039; type scenario?
Or is it so worse than all of that?
Midday
Less than half of the staff turned up for work today I&039;ve tried to keep o faster and I want today to pass as quickly as possible I briefly spoke to Liz an hour or so ago The school is closed again They tried to open thisbut only half the children turned up and even fewer staff so Lizzie is spending another day stuck at ho her crazy but I know she&039;s happier there Wish I was back there too
The lack of staff today means we&039;re all stretched Jennifer Reynolds is one of the people who hasn&039;t turned up and that&039;sshifts If ever there was a day I didn&039;t want to be out there it&039;s today Even Tina&039;s had to take a turn I&039;ve just finished my shift and Hilary Turner has come out to relieve me I like Hilary She&039;s a sour-faced, frosty old spinster who&039;s grossly overweight but she knoho does what around here and she doesn&039;t take any crap Unlike ht and honest If she&039;s got a proble you&039;ve done then she&039;ll tell you to your face - none of the backstabbing bullshit you get from everyone else She&039;s hard as nails and I like her all the better for it
&039;It&039;s been quiet,&039; I tell her as she waddles towards me &039;No-one&039;s been in&039;
&039;That&039;s the kiss of death,&039; she grumbles as she slumps heavily into the hot-seat behind the desk, &039;they&039;ll all start dragging themselves in here now I&039;ve come out&039;
I&039; stupid when the ht There&039;s a sudden flurry ofa handful of papers which he slams down onto the desk in front of Hilary She juer and suddenly I&039;m too scared to move Is he one of them? Is he a Hater?