Chapter Three.
Getting into trouble.
"HELLO! Hi, hello, im Mr. Mac Pheneugh." Said the teacher as he sat on the desk at the front of the class. "Firstly, im gunna ask everyone to stand up, and state an interesting fact about themselves," he yawned "it's not that hard, so…. Why don't you start?" he pointed at Katie.
Katie smiled, stood up and flicked her red hair out of her face "im Katie and I've never not had a boyfriend since I was seven." She giggled then sat down.
Katie's twin sister Emily then stood up, she did a heavy sigh and said "im Emily, and I've never had a boyfriend." She sat down
Mr. Mac Pheneugh rolled his eyes "well, shit happens, next."
The blonde girl who had told off Cook in assembly stood up, she put her hands on her hips and said "Im Naomi, and people tell lies about me," she sat down and gave Emily a horrible look.
Denise then stood up, she could feel everyone's eyes on her, she took a deep breath and said "im Denise, and I promise im not as stupid as I look," she smiled then sat down, as she sat down Cook smiled and winked at her.
Mr. Mac Pheneugh then pointed at Freddie, "you,"
Freddie stood up, he took off his hat then said, "Im Freddie, and I met the most amazing girl today, she's really beautiful." Then he sat down.
Denise looked at Freddie; her face had a look of utter shock. She stared at him and smiled he's not talking about me; she said to herself no way is he talking about me.
After everyone had introduced themselves, they were left to wait in their form until it was time for them to go to their next classes.
"What's on the list then?" JJ asked Cook,
Cook took out the list:
Smoking.
Alcohol
Drugs.
Arson.
Teacher abuse.
Sex in school.
"That's the most ridiculous list," Freddie said shaking his head.
Cook shrugged "won't be so ridiculous when I do them all, will it?"
Outside of French and Denise stood with the twins, "so what's her deal?" Denise asks nodding to Naomi.
"oh god," Katie rolled her eyes, she practically burst with excitement of being able to gossip, "we went to middle school with her, she tried to kiss my sister!"
Denise raised her eyebrows and looked at Emily, Emily was looking at her feet, and she looked quite guilty. Freddie walked into the hall and saw Denise; he walked up to her, "Hey,"
Denise turned around "oh, Hey." There was about 3 minutes of very uncomfortable silence before Freddie said "My God, you- you have perfect teeth!" Denise sucked on her lips so Freddie continued "no you do, there're perfect."
Denise laughed "oh, thank you, that's, nice of you."
"YOU COULD BE BARBIE!" Pandora said a little too loudly to Denise, Denise looked shocked she tried to smile, "what?" she asked,
Effy scoffed "ignore her, she's a little retarded."
Denise looked at Pandora expecting her to say something equally hurtful back to Effy, but she just nodded and smiled, I tell you, if someone had called me retarded, Denise thought to herself I wouldn't take it.
As the three girls sat in French class Denise looked around, she was sitting on a table with Pandora, Effy and the twins; she could see Cook across the class talking to Freddie and JJ. Freddie looked uninterested and JJ seemed to be reading something. Denise knew Cook was trouble, but she also knew he could be sweet people just don't know him, she thought to herself. For a second she caught Freddie's eye, but only for a second because Katie tugged at her hair,
"Ouch," Denise said pulling away, Katie just smiled "oh, you have lovely hair, how do you get it that soft?"
Next lesson was history.
"History is a god damn bore." Katie yawned as they waited outside the classroom,
"Then why did you take it?" Emily asked, but Katie just gave her a nasty look.
Denise tugged at her skirt and gripped her bag. A boy, who seemed to have been watching her, walked over, "you alright?" the boy smiled,
Suddenly Denise felt an arm around her shoulders. Cook.
"Fuck off zippy, not gunna happen." He said to the boy. The boy scowled and walked away.
"How am I supposed to make friends if you do that?" Denise said smiling,
"Friends?" Cook held her closer "you don't need bloody friends when you have me," Cook held her hand and began to pull her away,
Denise stopped "this is my lesson Cook."
Cook shrugged "yes, but I wanna show you something babe,"
Denise could feel herself hesitate, but Cook wouldn't take no for an answer and lead her away.
He lead her into the gym cupboard, shut the door and began kissing her, she pushed him away slightly,
"Cook, it's the first day of collage,"
Cook shrugged "and?"
Denise sighed "and, I don't want to get in trouble,"
Cook smiled and moved closer, "I would never get you into trouble."
In French, "So, if they do everything on that list, they'll get to know you better?" Pandora said to Effy.
Effy nodded.
Pandora smiled "does that mean sex?"
Effy nodded.
Pandora smiled again, "so, who's playing?"
Effy shook her head.
Then Pandora's smile vanished, "is Denise's boyfriend?"
Effy looked up from her book, but didn't say a word.
So Pandora carried on "well, but I mean Cook's Denise's boyfriend."
Effy rolled her eyes, "yes, I know, but come on Pan, I know a friggin 'player' when I see one." Then she looked back at her book.
Pandora had a puzzled look on her face, "but wouldn't that hurt Denise's feelings? I mean, I quite like her,"
Effy nodded, "yes, I like her too." Effy looked up "now shut up virgin." She smiled.
