Chapter 4
General POV
"Do you think we should tell anyone?" Finn held the door open for Trudi, letting it slam as he followed behind her, his long strides soon overtaking her short ones. He paused to lean over the chipped stair top to do a quick surveillance check and only continuing down the stairs once he'd checked.
"You mean gossip? Spread another one of Josh's secrets around school?" Trudi asked, turning her head sharply and walking down the stairs jerkily. Finn looked back, surprised by the venom in her voice.
"What d'you mean?" Finn asked, then drew in a breath as Trudi replied,
"The changing room incident."
"No. Don't bring that up. I was – I – I was angry, all right? Trudi?"
"You still did, and we owe it that much to Josh not to tell anyone!" Trudi rounded on Finn, backing him up a few steps until he put his hands up in surrender.
"Good." Trudi swallowed a lump in her throat. Why was she so upset about this? The only reason she was involved in this was because she was going out with Finn and they were mates. She didn't even know him that well. "Let's just get on with it, yeah? Find Clarkson and tell him. You know what, I'll do it. You'd probably just mess it up." Trudi marched off, her loose black hair swinging behind her. She pulled the door back to walk through and the power of the swing hit the wall and rebounded.
"Jesus," Finn muttered.
Trudi knocked on the door to the deputy heads' office, her palms becoming clammy all of a sudden. Tom's friendly but firm voice called from inside and Trudi accepted the invitation to come in.
"Hello Trudi. What can I do for you?" Tom looked up expectantly and Trudi licked her lips before plunging on.