what – why not? Why not talk to someone who doesn’t want to ask me about Lizzie (yet, anyway), someone who doesn’t know anything about me past what happened in Year 10, that first year at Aggers. The good year.
Oh the same, I type
You miss it?
Ha no
Not at all
Too many fake people
Yep well that’s still true
I haven’t been paying attention to the telly, butat the sound of a familiar voice, I look up and see Cheska’s face. Of course. It’s Sunday night, and the newest episode of
Spoilt in the Suburbs
is on. I roll my chair round to watch it properly.
Cheska is in one of the cafés in town, sitting at a table by the counter with Ricky Dean, another member of the cast who’s tall, tanned and impossibly good-looking – and the biggest bitch of the lotof them. They’re both clutching hot chocolates with huge towers of whipped cream and the staff behind the counter are trying to pretend they haven’t noticed the cameras. They aren’t doing a very good job.
Cheska is wearing a grey hoody, her hair pulled back in a ponytail. It’s a very different look for her, and I guess she’s too worried to care – or that’s what we’re
supposed
to think, anyway.She isn’t too worried not to bother with make-up, though – her face is loaded with it as usual. Big fake eyelashes and shiny lips, just to drink hot chocolate in a café?
‘…the police,’ she’s saying. ‘Going through all her things.’
Ricky is doing his serious face, nodding, his perfectly plucked eyebrows drawn into a fake-looking frown. ‘Oh, babe. How are your parents doing?’
‘Terrible.’Cheska looks down at her cup. ‘I’m just trying to protect Evie from it all, you know? She’s too young to understand.’
‘You’re being so brave, babe,’ Ricky says, reaching out a hand to stroke her sleeve. ‘You’re amazing.’
Yeah, right. So busy being brave and looking after her little sister that she’s got time to sit in cafés drinking hot chocolate and being filmed.
The scene changes to oneof Thomas Jay, Cheska’s boyfriend, with his thinks-he’s-David-Beckham tattoos and greasy man-bun. He’s playing golf with Marlon, one of ‘the lads’ who bulk up each episode with parties, pub crawls and cheating on their girlfriends.
‘How’s Cheska?’ Marlon asks, leaning against the golf cart and drinking from a bottle of beer.
Thomas Jay takes a swing at a ball and watches it sail up into thesky. ‘She’s doing okay. It’s tough.’
Right, so Lizzie is the focus of the whole episode. Great. I knew Cheska was pretty shameless about using her life for publicity, but this is too far.
are you watching this? Autumn writes.
unfortunately yes
what is with that bitch?
shes so fake
i cant believe shes talking about it on tv
i can
lizzie always used to say she was fake
even befores in the suburbs
I never met her though
On the screen the scene switches back to the café, where Cheska and Ricky are leaving, their hot chocolates untouched.
‘Coming to Marlon’s party later?’ Ricky asks Cheska, linking his arm through hers as they step onto the street.
‘Yeah. Just what I need to take my mind off everything,’ she says, leaning her head against his shoulder.
Urgh. Ireach over and turn the TV off.
going to bed
night
k
sweet dreams x
‘AUTUMN THOMAS’
T HIS IS EASIER than I thought it would be. He’s clearly lonely. Clearly wants someone to talk to.
I’m sure he looked through my photos. Trying to see what he could find out about me. Trying to see what kind of girl I am. Some people think you can judge something like that from the things someone posts about, from the people they hang around with. Unfortunately he’s one of them.
He probably didn’t remember me. I didn’t expect him to. Just the girl who sat behind him in English. Not important enough to pay much attention to.
But then Aiden doesn’t really pay attention to anything much that goes on around him. All he
really
cares about is himself.
If
Oh the same, I type
You miss it?
Ha no
Not at all
Too many fake people
Yep well that’s still true
I haven’t been paying attention to the telly, butat the sound of a familiar voice, I look up and see Cheska’s face. Of course. It’s Sunday night, and the newest episode of
Spoilt in the Suburbs
is on. I roll my chair round to watch it properly.
Cheska is in one of the cafés in town, sitting at a table by the counter with Ricky Dean, another member of the cast who’s tall, tanned and impossibly good-looking – and the biggest bitch of the lotof them. They’re both clutching hot chocolates with huge towers of whipped cream and the staff behind the counter are trying to pretend they haven’t noticed the cameras. They aren’t doing a very good job.
Cheska is wearing a grey hoody, her hair pulled back in a ponytail. It’s a very different look for her, and I guess she’s too worried to care – or that’s what we’re
supposed
to think, anyway.She isn’t too worried not to bother with make-up, though – her face is loaded with it as usual. Big fake eyelashes and shiny lips, just to drink hot chocolate in a café?
‘…the police,’ she’s saying. ‘Going through all her things.’
Ricky is doing his serious face, nodding, his perfectly plucked eyebrows drawn into a fake-looking frown. ‘Oh, babe. How are your parents doing?’
‘Terrible.’Cheska looks down at her cup. ‘I’m just trying to protect Evie from it all, you know? She’s too young to understand.’
‘You’re being so brave, babe,’ Ricky says, reaching out a hand to stroke her sleeve. ‘You’re amazing.’
Yeah, right. So busy being brave and looking after her little sister that she’s got time to sit in cafés drinking hot chocolate and being filmed.
The scene changes to oneof Thomas Jay, Cheska’s boyfriend, with his thinks-he’s-David-Beckham tattoos and greasy man-bun. He’s playing golf with Marlon, one of ‘the lads’ who bulk up each episode with parties, pub crawls and cheating on their girlfriends.
‘How’s Cheska?’ Marlon asks, leaning against the golf cart and drinking from a bottle of beer.
Thomas Jay takes a swing at a ball and watches it sail up into thesky. ‘She’s doing okay. It’s tough.’
Right, so Lizzie is the focus of the whole episode. Great. I knew Cheska was pretty shameless about using her life for publicity, but this is too far.
are you watching this? Autumn writes.
unfortunately yes
what is with that bitch?
shes so fake
i cant believe shes talking about it on tv
i can
lizzie always used to say she was fake
even befores in the suburbs
I never met her though
On the screen the scene switches back to the café, where Cheska and Ricky are leaving, their hot chocolates untouched.
‘Coming to Marlon’s party later?’ Ricky asks Cheska, linking his arm through hers as they step onto the street.
‘Yeah. Just what I need to take my mind off everything,’ she says, leaning her head against his shoulder.
Urgh. Ireach over and turn the TV off.
going to bed
night
k
sweet dreams x
‘AUTUMN THOMAS’
T HIS IS EASIER than I thought it would be. He’s clearly lonely. Clearly wants someone to talk to.
I’m sure he looked through my photos. Trying to see what he could find out about me. Trying to see what kind of girl I am. Some people think you can judge something like that from the things someone posts about, from the people they hang around with. Unfortunately he’s one of them.
He probably didn’t remember me. I didn’t expect him to. Just the girl who sat behind him in English. Not important enough to pay much attention to.
But then Aiden doesn’t really pay attention to anything much that goes on around him. All he
really
cares about is himself.
If
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