Neferet was quite pleased with herself actually. She'd come up with a fantastic plan and it had won her a place back in Kalona's good books. Not bad for an afternoon. Due to her good behaviour, she allowed herself a small indulgence in shouting at every student she came across, resulting in her walking around the school without there being another living creature within a ten metre radius. Oh happy days!
*
Kalona turned over Neferet's plan in his head. It was simple, but effective and definitely operational. It only relied on one thing: The Ofsted Inspector being incredibly stupid. This was where Kalona came in. If indeed the Inspector had inconveniently more brain power than a packet of sherbet lemons (although this was unlikely) Kalona would simply woo her until they were powerless to his affections. Kalona knew he was gorgeous so his task did not worry him, unless of course the Inspector happened to be male. Instead, he was a little bit anxious about the part Neferet had to play. Although, yes, she was rather pretty, she had never been a fantastic actress and Kalona would much rather the part had been played by that Erik Night bloke. Of course, Erik would probably never agree to help Kalona and, as was addressed before, Kalona couldn't sell his way out of a paper bag.
No, this operation would rely heavily on Neferet and Neferet alone. Kalona would just have to cross his fingers, or his wings if he wanted extra luck. He crushed the keyring key had been twiddling idly between his fingers into dust. Now all they had to do was wait...
*
Nala was alive. There was no getting round that fact. The whole 'nine lives' thing seemed to Zoey to be completely unnecessary and could definitely be put to better use. No one really minded if fish had nine lives. Cats however...well they got on your nerves after the third.
Beezlebub returned back to his usual self about an hour after his stomach had been pumped and he tucked heartily into one of Jack's slippers while everyone else was watching a pirated copy of 'The Wedding Crashers'. They all agreed that it was a huge mistake to buy it as they picture was about nine seconds slower than the sound. It had been filmed in the local cinema and half way through a particularly odd scene, someone nipped to the loo. Also, Damien swore he heard someone say "I asked for a bag of popcorn."
Despite the poor quality of the DVD, they were all enjoying the inadequacy of the film and were laughing heartily at a particularly bad scene when the sound of a car pulling up crackled in through the open window.
The Ofsted Inspector had arrived at the House of Night...