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Georgia for being so angry either. She must think I’m such a horrible person after today. “I said sorry,” I sniffled, “butI don’t think Bella will want to be friends with me any more.”
    Millie got me some Jaffa Cakes even though it was nearly time for tea and Jody gave me a hug, saying, “I’m sure deep down Bella knows you didn’t mean it. You can always try apologizing again later. Just give her time to calm down and it’ll blow over, you’ll see. Now how about helping me get the tea going?”
    So I did, and then I set the table.
    I dreaded having to face the girls at tea, but Millie sat next to me and no one said anything nasty. I tried to smile at Bella a couple of times but she still wouldn’t look at me. I didn’t dare smile at Georgia in case she did her icy glare and it made me start crying again.
    It’s so lucky my washing-up duty tonight was with Millie. After we’d cleared up, she had to carry on with her maths practice, so when I’d put everything away I just sat down next to herand got my Pony Camp Diary out and I’ve been writing in here ever since. I should have gone to the games room for the film, but I sort of haven’t quite made it yet. There’s someone else I need to say sorry to (as well as Bella), and it can’t wait till tomorrow, or even one more minute.
    I just went to ask Jody and she says I can go up to the field because Lydia’s there, but I have to come back when she does. And Jody’s given me a carrot from the fridge.
    Got to go now!

Wednesday, after lights out
    I’m in bed, writing by the light of my key-ring torch again. I tried to hang round in Millie’s room for as long as possible after lights out, hiding under the covers at the bottom of her bed, but when Jody came up to check on us all she made me come back in here. Luckily Bella and Georgia were asleep so I didn’t have to face them.
    At least me and Cracker are friends now. Luckily he came when I called him over. I leaned over the fence, gave him a big pat and said sorry for being so mean, and especially for spending time with Charm when I could have been with him. I ruffled his mane and whispered, “Cracker, I’m so sorry for blaming you for our bad jumping when I should have been thinking of us as a team and riding youbetter and more positively.”
    Cracker looked at me with his big black eyes, and I’m sure he understood. I added, “I’ve brought you a carrot to say sorry.” When I held it out he munched it right up, so I know it’s all okay between us now.

    I wish I could just give Bella a carrot and then she’d like me again. I’ve just thought, maybe I should be calling her Isabella now because she is only Bella to her friends and maybe I’m not her friend any more. Urgh! I hope Jody’s right and that things will blow over tomorrow.
    Goodnight!

Thursday 11.12am, before the treasure hunt
    We’re just having some drinks and biscuits before we go out on the treasure hunt. My timetable from Jody has changed again today because we had our lecture first instead of the lesson. Sally said we’d need the skills for going on the treasure hunt.
    I thought that meant the lecture would be on solving clues, but actually it was about road safety and first aid, and how to put boots and bandages on your pony and what to do if you get lost in the countryside. I’ve bandaged Cracker’s legs because Sally said we might be going through the woods, and we have to be as prepared as possible. We also put our ponies’ bridles on over their head collars, and each clipped a lead rope on to our D-rings so thatwe could dismount and have a picnic without the ponies galloping off. When I’d finished all the preparation, I made a big fuss of Cracker and told him how smart he looked.
    I have sort of smiled at Isabella a couple of times and Georgia hasn’t made a horrible face at me or anything so that’s a bit better at least. The other girls seem to have forgotten about our falling-out because when I helped Asha