Disappointment

In the end there were so many kids whose names began with alpha that Emily ended up in class 2 rather than the class 1 she'd been hoping for. She took it very well though (having prepared herself for the worst) and knows a few of the kids she's with, so it's not as if she's all alone with no one to talk to. Now she's actually looking forward to starting lessons, whereas before she was just worrying about which class she'd be in. (When lessons will actually begin, however, is anyone's guess. School apparently ends at 11.15 every day this week and as there are only a small number of books it might be a while before there's any actual studying to be done.)