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Chapter 6
The following Saturday, Marla was bored out of her brain. She found weekend life in Darwin boring and dull. Dorothy was always at Palmerston on the weekends and Jasmine was always doing something with her friends. This wouldn't have happened back in Sydney. Marla ALWAYS had something to do on a weekend back in Sydney. Whether it was going to Amy's house or seeing her favourite cousins Jordan and Nicole, Marla always had something to do.
Then as luck would have it, Marla's phone went off.
"Hello?" Marla said
"Hey Marla, it's Bec. How are you?" It was Rebecca Hunter.
"I'm good. How about you?" Marla responded.
"My plans got cancelled. Typical! Just wanted to see what you were doing."
"Well, I'm not doing anything." Marla said
"Did you want to go Casuarina Square and have lunch?"
Did Marla want to have lunch with Rebecca? Yes, she did!
"Of course. It's nice to spend time with different friends." Marla said
"Dorothy not with you?"
"No. She's at Palmerston for the weekend."
"Yeah right." Rebecca said in a sarcastic tone
"What's that supposed to mean?" Marla asked her.
"I'll tell you all about it at lunch." Rebecca had said
Marla met Rebecca at the Casuarina Square food court.
"You know how Dorothy told you she goes to Palmerston every weekend?" was the first thing Rebecca asked Marla
"Yeah."
"She goes every second weekend."
"I thought she went every weekend." Marla said
"No. From what I heard from Jasmine, she spends most of her Saturdays at Janelle Bannister's place smoking."
"Jasmine tells a pack of lies." Marla said angrily. She was really starting to get sick of Jasmine Reeves and her bitchy little mouth!
"Maybe." Rebecca said, but had an uncertain expression on her face.
"Well, what do you think of Dorothy?" Marla asked Rebecca
"I hardly talk to her, but on the rare occasions that I do she's pretty nice." Rebecca said in an honest tone.
"See. She's not that bad." Marla said.
But Rebecca still looked uncertain as the girls ate their lunch. Once they were done eating, they decided to look at the stores.
"I'm having a great time hanging out with you." Rebecca said to Marla as they were leaving Supre.
"So am I." Marla said with a smile on her face.
As Marla and Rebecca were heading over to Valleygirl, they ran into Janelle Bannister.
"Hey girlies." Janelle said
"Hey Janelle." Marla replied back
However, Rebecca just walked into Valleygirl without acknowledging Janelle.
"I'll see you at school on Monday." Janelle said, walking away.
"Bye." Marla said before heading into Valleygirl to talk to Rebecca. "What's going on Bec?"
"What do you mean?" Rebecca asked
"Why didn't you say hello to Janelle?"
"I don't like her." was Rebecca's reply
"Any particular reason?" Marla asked curiously
"She's just like Jasmine - a bitch!" Rebecca said angrily
"I see." Marla said
After leaving Valleygirl, both Marla and Rebecca decided to call it a day.
"I had fun catching up with you. We have to do it again." Rebecca said with a huge smile on her face.
"I did too." Marla said. "Next time, we'll bring Dorothy."
"Good idea."
Marla hugged Rebecca before heading to the bus interchange to get the next bus to Alawa.
The first thing Marla wanted to do when she arrived at school on Monday was talk to Dorothy.
"Hey bestie!" Dorothy said giving Marla a kiss on the cheek.
"Hey." Marla said "How was Palmerston?"
"It was good. My aunty is really good company." Dorothy replied with a smile on her face.
Marla wasn't sure if Dorothy was telling the truth, but she decided not to press the issue. She just wanted to have a great day at school.