It was Friday night and James Adams wanted to be celebrating. He had got his Geography test results back that afternoon and was pleased with his B, instead of his usual D minus. Geography was James' worse subject, and usually when he got his marks back, he wondered why he had ever chosen to do geography instead of history for his GCSEs. But when Mrs Brennan had given him his paper, she hadn't glared at him, so that was a good thing at least.

He sauntered down the sixth floor corridor, humming a song to himself and went into the canteen for dinner. As he headed over to the table where he and his mates always sat, he saw that it was empty. He looked around and saw that the only cherubs in the room were red shirts. There was a meeting in the hall at five thirty for all the grey, navy and black shirts, and when he glanced at his watch he saw it was only ten past five.

Then he glanced at the clock on the wall near the counter, and realised that it was five to six! He was twenty five minutes late. James gulped down his chocolate mousse and grabbed his tray. He jogged towards the bins and threw his untouched pizza in it. He got a cross look from one of the catering staff as he abandoned his tray and dashed out of the room. He ran all the way to the hall but when he arrived, the doors were open and there were cherubs walking out to dinner. James spotted Lauren and Bethany. He jogged towards them and spoke to Lauren.

"Hey, sis!"

"What do you want?"

"My watch stopped, so I thought it was ten past five, and I was just eating my dinner. What happened in the meeting?"

"You should have realised that everyone else wasn't eating then. You don't deserve to know what happened!" She said.

"Lauren, that's a bit harsh. Maybe you should tell him." Bethany added.

Lauren scowled at Bethany."Shut up Bethany. Why are you taking his side? It's his own stupid fault that he didn't go." The girls walked off.

James felt annoyed for a few seconds, but then he realised the meeting probably wasn't that important, so he decided to let it go. He wandered off down the corridor, and walked straight into someone.

She stumbled and turned around with a slightly annoyed look, but smiled when she saw him.

"I'm so sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going." He said, looking at her.

"I think I'll survive," she laughed, "i haven't seen you before."

"I'm James Adams."

"I'm Jess, nice to meet you James."

"So, how old are you?" he asked, looking her up and down.

"14. What about you?"

"15. So Jess, doing anything tonight?"

"Umm, yeah actually. My mates and I are going swimming. Sorry."

"Will I see you in the games room later? There's going to be a massive snooker tournament."

"Oh, I don't play snooker,"she told him.

"Ahh, well maybe I'll teach you." James said, moving closer to her.

"Sure!" she smiled up at him.

"Do you want...?" Jame started before he got interupted.

"JAMES!" Kerry called from the other end of the corridor.

"Is that your girlfriend?" Jess asked.

"Oh, Kerry, no. No, she's just a friend. I'm single, by the way."

"OK, see you later James!" Jess called, as he rushed over to Kerry.

Jess smiled to herself as she went back up to her room.

...

James caught up with Kerry, and slipped his arm around her back, after checking that Jess wasn't looking.

"Why were you talking to her?" Kerry asked.

"Oh, she bumped into me." James lied, kissing Kerry.