Cú and Sadie both nudge their way into Saoirse's room, and she looks up from her maths homework. Going to the new school is much nicer. It teaches her things slightly differently, and she can still play football, and none of the students bully her like they did at Petros.

Today, she's learning about estimation, and there's lots of 'about how muches' and the like, which she doesn't really like it, but she understands why they're teaching it.

When the door pushes open behind the dogs, she smiles over at them.

"Hello, Cú, Sadie. Is Mum back?"

Cú woofs and wags his tail, so she gets up and runs downstairs.

"Mum! Did you win? I mean, are you in the finals?"