up. My mum would never have believed that the cigarettes were mine, even if I had said that they were. She would have known I was protecting someone.
It’s nice to be home.
MONDAY 28TH MAY
There was no school today because of the bank holiday. I woke up early anyway because Granny was crashing about in the kitchen. I wouldn’t have minded but when I called out a very polite request for her to make me a cappuccino with extra froth she called back something quite rude. Once I was awake, I started thinking about Megs. I want to see her but I know she’s spending the day with her Grammy today. I could text her, but for the first time in my life I don’t really know what to say.
I hate thinking she’s cross with me; it’s making me quite miserable. I barely even noticed the first two breakfasts I had.
I might have to try a third one.
LATER
While I was bravely working my way through another bowl of Coco Pops, my phone rang; when I saw it was Ethan my stomach did a double backflip. For one crazy moment I wondered if he had missed me while I was in France. Perhaps he was ringing to tell me that he prefers me to Dawn. When I finally managed to pick up and say, ‘Hello?’ in a rather wobbly voice he said, ‘Hey Faith, can you do me a favour?’
I was fairly sure by this point that the favour wasn’t to go on a date with him, so I was able to say, ‘What sort of favour?’ in a calmer tone.
‘So my dad’s friend is this multi-media type. I know it seems unlikely that my dad could have any cool friends, but I think that since he’s been living with me some of my coolness has rubbed off on him. Anyway, his friend is setting up this teen website and he wants some video clips for the “friends” section.’
‘Right.’
‘And since I’m clearly a very cool teen he asked me if I could film one of my friends talking about mates. Just for a minute or two. I know that you and Megan aren’t getting on well at the moment but I’m hoping you’ll still do it.’
I sighed. It seemed like I couldn’t escape thinking about Megs for five minutes. ‘Well—’
‘Go on, Faith, I need your help with this. And the whole project is due really soon, so do you think we could meet up? My house probably isn’t the best idea so maybe the park?’
I wasn’t entirely convinced by this video thing; since I played those tricks on Ethan last year I’m always a bit suspicious when he wants me to do something unusual. Is this all leading up to a practical joke? Maybe I should have said no, but the thing about Ethan is that he is pretty irresistible so I ended up agreeing. I’m going to be on my guard though.
LATER AGAIN
As soon as I walked in the park gates I could see Ethan by the swings. I walked towards him slowly scanning the trees and bushes just to make sure that there was no one waiting to pop out and ambush me, but when I reached him, the look on his face wasn’t the cheeky twinkle of someone who is about to do mischief. Obviously, I’d been wrong to expect a practical joke.
‘Thanks for coming,’ he said. ‘I appreciate it.’
I wanted to know why he hadn’t asked Spawn, but I didn’t want to bring her into the conversation so I said, ‘How come you asked me?’
‘Well . . . my dad’s friend has already got some footage of boys talking so he wanted a girl and he had a certain kind of girl in mind, you know? Energetic, pretty, relatable.’
I tried to hide my delight that Ethan thought that was a good description of me.
He got a tiny video camera out of his coat pocket and switched it on.
‘What do I have to do?’ I asked.
‘Okay, maybe sit on the swing?’ He touched my arm to guide me towards the swing. I was instantly covered in goose bumps.
‘Then just look at the camera and tell me what’s so great about your best friend.’
So he counted me in and I said, ‘The thing I really love about my best friend Megs is that she’s always there for me. She shares all my happy times with me and she
It’s nice to be home.
MONDAY 28TH MAY
There was no school today because of the bank holiday. I woke up early anyway because Granny was crashing about in the kitchen. I wouldn’t have minded but when I called out a very polite request for her to make me a cappuccino with extra froth she called back something quite rude. Once I was awake, I started thinking about Megs. I want to see her but I know she’s spending the day with her Grammy today. I could text her, but for the first time in my life I don’t really know what to say.
I hate thinking she’s cross with me; it’s making me quite miserable. I barely even noticed the first two breakfasts I had.
I might have to try a third one.
LATER
While I was bravely working my way through another bowl of Coco Pops, my phone rang; when I saw it was Ethan my stomach did a double backflip. For one crazy moment I wondered if he had missed me while I was in France. Perhaps he was ringing to tell me that he prefers me to Dawn. When I finally managed to pick up and say, ‘Hello?’ in a rather wobbly voice he said, ‘Hey Faith, can you do me a favour?’
I was fairly sure by this point that the favour wasn’t to go on a date with him, so I was able to say, ‘What sort of favour?’ in a calmer tone.
‘So my dad’s friend is this multi-media type. I know it seems unlikely that my dad could have any cool friends, but I think that since he’s been living with me some of my coolness has rubbed off on him. Anyway, his friend is setting up this teen website and he wants some video clips for the “friends” section.’
‘Right.’
‘And since I’m clearly a very cool teen he asked me if I could film one of my friends talking about mates. Just for a minute or two. I know that you and Megan aren’t getting on well at the moment but I’m hoping you’ll still do it.’
I sighed. It seemed like I couldn’t escape thinking about Megs for five minutes. ‘Well—’
‘Go on, Faith, I need your help with this. And the whole project is due really soon, so do you think we could meet up? My house probably isn’t the best idea so maybe the park?’
I wasn’t entirely convinced by this video thing; since I played those tricks on Ethan last year I’m always a bit suspicious when he wants me to do something unusual. Is this all leading up to a practical joke? Maybe I should have said no, but the thing about Ethan is that he is pretty irresistible so I ended up agreeing. I’m going to be on my guard though.
LATER AGAIN
As soon as I walked in the park gates I could see Ethan by the swings. I walked towards him slowly scanning the trees and bushes just to make sure that there was no one waiting to pop out and ambush me, but when I reached him, the look on his face wasn’t the cheeky twinkle of someone who is about to do mischief. Obviously, I’d been wrong to expect a practical joke.
‘Thanks for coming,’ he said. ‘I appreciate it.’
I wanted to know why he hadn’t asked Spawn, but I didn’t want to bring her into the conversation so I said, ‘How come you asked me?’
‘Well . . . my dad’s friend has already got some footage of boys talking so he wanted a girl and he had a certain kind of girl in mind, you know? Energetic, pretty, relatable.’
I tried to hide my delight that Ethan thought that was a good description of me.
He got a tiny video camera out of his coat pocket and switched it on.
‘What do I have to do?’ I asked.
‘Okay, maybe sit on the swing?’ He touched my arm to guide me towards the swing. I was instantly covered in goose bumps.
‘Then just look at the camera and tell me what’s so great about your best friend.’
So he counted me in and I said, ‘The thing I really love about my best friend Megs is that she’s always there for me. She shares all my happy times with me and she
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