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mellamaet
Cass watched as Heather's brown hair disappeared through the doors as she was left alone once more. She wanted to help, but she couldn't leave the compartment. With a frustrated sigh, she plopped down on the chair and waited for Heather to return. "Its lonely here." She said to herself as she looked around the nearly empty compartment
Heather lingered longer outside the compartments, occasionally moving aside, giving way to other excited students walking or running up and down the way. she was hoping to find her doll soon, and praying that it didn't get trampled on.
she had asked some higher-ups awhile ago, peeking into their compartment and shyly asking if they have seen a lost panda doll. it seems, they haven't, but said they'd keep an eye out for it and find her if ever they find the doll. that made her blush and be happy at the same time.
as she continued, every step she took, made her more and more depressed thinking that she will never find the one thing she treasured most. she was almost on the verge of crying. 'daddy gave me that panda doll and i just lost it...' she sniffed. she stopped for a moment and let a group of students pass by her, and when they did, she started walking again. She hadn't realized she was walking back to her and Cassandra's compartment. 'guess, i'm just going to have to accept that it's gone. how am i going to tell dad? he'll be so upset and mom'll send me a howler for this scolding me i keep losing things...' she sighed, imagining the scenes in her head.
just then, heather felt something soft and fluffy on her feet. she stepped on it again. "huh?" she looked down. It was her doll! Heather's depressed face turned into a happy one as she bent down and picked it up (brushing away the dirty foot print she made on it with her handkerchief and successfully did).
"OH! OH! Mr. Panda! i thought i lost you! oh!! i'm so happy! but wait a second...i ran out of the compartment, i should have found you by then....hmm...i must've missed that..." she giggled at herself. 'i always do miss things when in panic and it's right in front of me all along! hehe...' she looked at the medium-sized doll that was almost 1/4 of her body ("how do i even manage to lose something big?" she thought wonderingly.) and hugged it tight. "oh mr. panda, wait until Cass sees you! maybe she'll be in a better mood seeing you!" she said and ran back to the compartment she and her companion shared.
she burst open the door and was practically jumping and squealing. "CASS! CASS!" she yelled. "I FOUND IT!! I FOUND IT!! IT was right outside all along!...
..MEET MR. PANDA!" heather said with a huge smile on her face, not minding if she was the noisiest on the entire middle car. she was just too eager to have found her lost doll again.