Keziah Walker sat on the old wall applying her new lipgloss. Her curly black hair was loose blowing in the gentle breeze. She was wearing the simple uniform of St George's high. A black skirt, (shorter than most as usual!), a white blouse and a red tie. Her boots were knee high, slightly scuffed already.
The girl next to her turned offering a box of fags,
"Want one Kez?"
"Na I'm alright babe, meeting Paul later, don't want to smell like an ashtray!"
"What you doing here then?"
It was true that out of the eight of them surrounding the wall only Keziah was not smoking. In fact the back wall, at the end of the field was used pretty much for the purpose of smoking. Instead however Keziah slipped a piece of gum in her mouth,
"Minty fresh," she smiled.
The girl laughed, her brown eyes sparkeling as she did so. With one pale hand she flicked her long straight blonde hair over her shoulder sending the silky strands cascading down her back landing at her waist a mere hair's breadth away from perfection. She ahd a white belt adding style to her short skirt and a gold chain hung around her kneck.
With a free hand the girl tapped the perfectly manicured nails on the rough surface of the wall, taking a drag of the fag with the other. The bell rang seeming miles away from the fence. None of them moved.
"Krissi we'll be late," Keziah moaned,
"So..."
"You and me are only in this school by a shoelace,"
"Chill, we are the only two girls in our group not to have a criminal record,"
"Yeah but we're the only ones to have been suspended 8 times this term!"
Krissi gave a bored yawn,
"Fine, fine, fine, just this once," She said stubbing the fag out and dropping the butt on the floor. She got to her feet smiled at the girls still at the wall and waved,
"Bye," Keziah smiled dragging Krissi by her arm,
"Sorry girls but Kez is becoming a boff," Krissi laughed, "Must get front seats and tighten our ties before the teacher finds her apple!"
The crew laughed, their voices raspy from years of smoking. Keziah hated hanging around with them but Krissi had been her best friend since they were little kids. They were still close, even if they were growing up in a way Keziah didn't really like.
They filed into the classroom five minutes late, but at least they'd shown. The redgister was being taken when the two girls sat down at the back.
"Kristen shaw?"
Krissi looked up,
"Yes miss," she said innocently,
"Keziah Walker?"