YAY! Update! Chapter seven everyone! I do not own St Trinian's or any of the Disney movies mentioned in this chapter… in fact I don't own any of the Disney movies regardless. Thank you for everyone that had reviewed. So… Chapter seven everyone! Enjoy!
Kelly had just had lunch and was listening pointlessly to Chelsea's view on plastic surgery when her phone let out a soft buzz of an incoming call.
"See, I will never need plastic surgery, I have natural beauty, but I think that it's okay for those unfortunate enough to look-"
"Hold on Chelsea." Picking up her phone, Kelly's heart missed a beat when the caller ID flashed the name she most wanted to see. Hope and dread filled her body at once as she walked away from the Posh Tottie, answering her phone as she went.
"Annabelle." The name came out of the head girls lips mixed into the breath she hadn't realised she had been holding. The dorm was practically empty, most of the girls being in their final lessons of the day and most of the sixth form had been rounded up by Polly to help with the installing of the new security. Only Chelsea and Kelly remained in the dorm, giving Kelly a quick glance, the Tottie quickly averted her eyes and started applying an extra layer of lip gloss, but strained her ears to listen to the conversation. Chelsea couldn't hear Annabelle's end of the conversation, so trying her chances, she put down her mirror and lip gloss and looked over at Kelly. Whatever the girl was saying, it was making the head girl smile, her red lips had pulled into a weak smile and her eyes were closed. The sight made Chelsea happy and it seemed that Kelly's smile was infectious as Chelsea felt one spread across her lips.
"Okay, I'll be there in a sec, just hold on." Ending the call, Kelly made her way towards the door. The call may have been brief but those simple words that Annabelle had uttered to Kelly was the best thing she had heard all day.
"Kelly?" Chelsea called out to the head girl before she could exit the room, the smile still on her lips.
"Yeah?"
"Tell her how you feel."
"Excuse me?"
"You know what I mean." With a small smirk, Chelsea went back to applying her makeup, she had caught Kelly off guard, 'Not as dumb as I look, I see things, I know your heart Kelly Jones.'
Walking to her room, Kelly thought back to what the Tottie had said, concluding that Chelsea didn't know what she was talking about, Kelly stopped outside her room. 'Should I knock? But it's my room. She did say that it was unlocked. An invitation to just walk in, right? Oh shit, okay, calm down, level head, no matter what happens, act cool. Your Head Girl for fuck sake, you don't need to knock to enter your own room.' Taking a deep breath, Kelly opened the door to her bedroom, her eyes instantly falling onto the figure sitting on the bed. Annabelle looked out of her comfort zone, perched on the very edge of the bed, hands clasped tightly around her phone in her lap. The young girls face was unreadable, but her body language told Kelly everything she needed to know. Closing the door behind her Kelly lent against the door and took in her surroundings, noticing Annabelle had tidied up after herself, she looked back at the younger girl who had now stood up off the bed and was eyeing her with a look of foreboding. Deciding it was time to break the awkward silence between them, Kelly let a smile cross her lips.
"Your bed is tiny."
"Well, we don't all get the luxuries that the head girl does. Double bed, I didn't know you liked sleepovers Kelly."
"Well, the next time you decide to hijack my room, before locking the door maybe you could let me in? After all, what kind of sleepover is it if the host is locked out?"
"True. But who says I'll be spending the night again?"
"You haven't said that you wouldn't."
"But, I haven't said that I would."
Both were having trouble trying to keep a serious face as the light banter that had started between them escalated to borderline flirtation. Annabelle was the first to crack, the corners of her lips twitching, a smile determined to show itself. Her mouth spread into a wide grin as she let out the laugh she had been suppressing, causing Kelly's resolve to crumple, allowing the laugh that was caught in her throat to free itself. Once both girls had calmed themselves down, they grinned at each other across the room. Seeing the smile on Kelly's lips, Annabelle walked over to her and hugged her tightly, rejoicing at the feeling of the head girls arms encircle her and return the embrace.
"I'm sorry." Annabelle had rested her head on Kelly's shoulder, her lips mere inches away from the head girls neck. Kelly felt Annabelle's warm breath tickle her neck as she spoke, causing a tingling sensation to shoot up her spine and make her stomach do a backflip.
"Me too."
Finally letting go of each other, they both walked across the room and settled themselves on the bed, Annabelle lying on her stomach as Kelly sat with her legs tucked beneath her. They talked about anything that came to mind; pranks the first years had pulled, Annabelle's experience at Cheltnem, anything. Occasionally they shifted their positions or repositioned themselves to get more comfortable. This carried on for roughly an hour until Kelly was sat with her back resting against the headboard and her legs straight out, Annabelle lying width ways across the bed on her back, her head resting on Kelly's thigh.
"I feel like having a party tonight. Don't you?" Kelly was absentmindedly playing with the ends of Annabelle's hair as she stared at the wall opposite, not really looking at it, her mind was miles away.
"Kelly, there is nothing to celebrate."
"It's a Friday night Annabelle. I think that's something to celebrate. No lessons for two days."
"Your just finding excuses now. You just want an excuse to drink and get drunk." She giggled slightly as Kelly looked down at her and poked her cheek softly.
"No, I'm finding an excuse to let the girls have a good time. Because I'm a good head girl."
"Let the girls have a good time? What about poor Jenny Holland. She has to fix everyone's clothes, by hand. And you know how much the first years wreak their clothing; she will be at it for months. You're not a good head girl Kelly Jones. Your evil." She let out a small laugh, not quite able to keep her face straight.
"How did you find out about that? You have been in here all day."
"Chelsea sent me a text, apparently she was told by Peaches who was told by Taylor who was told by Polly who saw it on the Skull Cam."
Kelly was amazed at how Annabelle could remember the in's and out's of the gossip spreading. Knowing exactly who was told by whom and how they had found out. An ability usually possessed by a Posh Tottie. It blew Kelly's mind.
"Yeah well, she needed to be punished, she was rude and offensive."
"Kelly, she's a kid. And it wasn't that much of a big deal. If you're going to punish her then put her on clean up duty after the party or something, everyone hates that, but seriously Kelly, the punishment you set? Don't you think that's a bit extreme?"
"Hmm… I'll think about it."
"Kelly. Don't be a grumpy grump."
"Grumpy grump? Really Annabelle? And you are how old?"
"Kelly, you should know better then that. This is St Trinian's, you're not measured by your age, your measured by how much alcohol you can handle."
"Well seeing as your alcohol limit consists of two shots and an alchopop, you're about what? Two and a half?"
"Coming from the only girl that can shot the 80% Trinski and still, just about, walk across a room. So you must be like, 85? Kelly! You're old!"
"HA! At least I'm legal! You're still a toddler"
"You may be legal, but you're just about dead, would you like lilies or roses at your funeral?"
"HEY!" Kelly jumped onto her knees, causing Annabelle's head to flop onto the bed. She then proceeded to poke Annabelle in her sides, causing the girl to laugh and wriggle uncontrollably. It took Annabelle 5 minutes to get out of arms length of Kelly. Every time she cleared her head enough to think that she should move, Kelly would poke and tickle her again, causing her to forget what she was suppose to be doing and laugh like a maniac. She only succeeded from getting away when she had squirmed around so much she fell off the bed, causing Kelly to burst out laughing at her. Getting back onto the bed Annabelle looked at her laughing friend, being reminded, for some reason or another, of the Cheshire cat from 'Alice in Wonderland'. She suddenly got an image of Kelly's head on the cat's body that caused her to start laughing again. It took some time for the two girls to calm down and by the time they had, they were wiping tears of joy from their eyes and their cheeks hurt from their giggling. Deciding that a party was just what the school needed they vacated Kelly's room and made their way back up to the dorm, to let everyone know so they could start setting up. The last lesson of the day had just finished and the majority of the students were lounging in the dorm when Kelly and Annabelle turned up. Money started changing hands immediately, obviously there had been a bet going on how long it took for Annabelle to leave Kelly's room. Once everyone had settled down again, Annabelle walked to her bed. She noticed that her pictured had been turned down, she didn't judge or get annoyed however, she simply placed it the right way up again and sat to listen to Kelly speak to the dorm.
"Okay, everyone shut up!" The room was instantly silent, every head turned towards Kelly, waiting for her to continue. "Right, I dunno about you guys but I feel like a party. It's been a long week, and we all deserve it. We're not celebrating anything, let's just throw one for the hell of it. Who's with me?" a deafening cheer filled the room as people hurried around to get things ready. Students pushed out of the dorm door with their arms full of lighting equipment and speakers that took four people to carry. Alcohol was being produced from every nook and cranny of the dorm, people pulling out bottles and crates from drawers and under their beds. Kelly stopped one of the third years on her way out of the dorm.
"Could you give a message to Jenny Holland for me please? Could you tell her that instead of her previous punishment, she will be on clean up duty tomorrow morning after the party. She can ask people to help if she wants, or she can do it alone, I really don't care, as long as she does it."
The third year nodded to Kelly and after the head girl had muttered thanks, the girl ran off to find the fourth year. Kelly watched her go and then made her way over to Polly who was setting the cameras onto record and turning on the security before shutting down her computer. It was weird, but Polly was one of the girls who loved a good party the most. Although she was a geek, the girl loved to drink and dance with her friends, it was her favourite thing to do, well... after hacking 'The Ministry of Defence' of course, Polly enjoyed sitting back and watching as they wondered and tried to figure out how she kept doing it. Sitting down next to Polly, Kelly waited patiently for Polly to finish what she was doing, looking round the room she saw Taylor walk over to Annabelle, Kelly was close enough to hear their conversation and watched the scene out of the corner of her eye, keeping an eye on the situation in case Annabelle decided to repeat her actions from the previous night on Taylor.
"Hey Annabelle. I jus' wanted teh say sorry about tha' bet tha' we made. Didn't mean to upset yah. So, we good yeah?"
"Yeah we're good." Smiling sweetly, Annabelle stood up so her and Taylor were face to face, and still smiling she took a step closer to the chav, the action intimidating, almost menacing.
"But if you ever make a bet like that about me again, I promise, I will hang you from the roof by your hoop earrings. Okay?" the entire time she spoke, Annabelle's voice was calm and even, which made the threat that much more sinister. Flashing one last sweet smile at the chav, she turned and left the room. Taylor turned to look at Kelly, who was trying her best to suppress a laugh.
"she's been pickin up tips from you Kel, almost as frightenin as you are." Kelly raised an eyebrow that caused the chav to smirk and mutter something about joking as she too, left the room.
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The party raged in a true St Trinian style. Drinks passed around, changing hands as friends shared their alcohol and danced to the music. Kelly and Annabelle were separated after about the second song, Andrea pulling Annabelle away to dance while Polly and Chelsea took Kelly to get more drinks. The two girls knew they would find each other again at some point during the night however and so they weren't too worried. It was an hour or so until Kelly and Annabelle bumped into each other again, as they danced along side one another, Kelly vaguely noticed that the amount Annabelle was drinking was way past her usual amount, and the girl was still standing, still dancing. Turning and moving to the music, usually Kelly wouldn't let herself get too drunk, but tonight she completely let go of any head girl responsibilities and joined her peers in living in the moment. Being head girl was oddly lonely, until Annabelle had come along, Kelly was pretty much alone. Yeah, she got along with pretty much all the girls, but being the one that had to keep them in line and discipline them if necessary separated her from them. Having her own room and en suite bathroom meant there wasn't really much need to go to the dorms that often; but the girls knew she missed being mixed in with them and understood completely when she didn't give a proper reason for being there. But when Annabelle had turned up, Kelly saw potential in her, and when Annabelle chose to remain out of any social circle, Kelly had secretly been thrilled; they weren't outcasts of St Trinian's, they were more like individuals, the other girls chose to be in packs, maybe they thought there was safety in numbers? Who knows? But her and Annabelle just wanted to be themselves. Of course, like any style, their overall 'look' would closer resemble one group than another, for example Kelly's style was a closer resemblance to emo than anything else while Annabelle's was almost like a half and half; half Posh Tottie, half Trustafarian. Even though Annabelle hadn't been at St Trinian's long, she had managed to gain more authority over the girls than most did in the years they had been there. Kelly thought that if there was a role for 'Deputy Head Girl' Annabelle would surely get the position. All the girls looked up to her, and she had managed to gain some control over the first years, a feat that baffled most of the students.
The first students started to drop at around 11pm, the first years were the first to go, of course they hadn't been allowed to drink, they got their buzz from the environment and atmosphere around them, the music that pumped through the school and hyped them up to such extremes that could lead one to believe they were all caffeine addicts. They littered the floor and stairs, creating an obstacle course for the drunken older students. After the first years went down, the students started to drop like flies, until finally, at 3 in the morning, there were only a handful left. By this point, the music was switched off and the remaining students attempted to find a comfortable place to sleep, not trusting themselves to attempt to ascend the stairs. Kelly and Annabelle were among the few that lasted until the end, vaguely, Kelly wondered how Annabelle was still standing, but her alcohol filled brain wouldn't let her think too much and they grabbed each other for support and they tried, and failed, to not fall over.
"Kelly, we needs to find somewhere to crash. Ha-ha, like the car, outside, ha-ha! Crash and burn!"
"Shh, we don't want to wake the icle students! Owch, oh shit, that fucking hurt!" the two were attempting to keep their voices to a whisper, not realising that they were practically shouting however. As Kelly's foot collided with the stair and she fell flat on her face, Annabelle got a massive case of the giggles and attempted to help her friend up, causing her to topple over in the process. It took the two a while to navigate their way up the stairs and when they finally got to the top, Kelly directed them towards her room.
"Ohh, trying to get me into bed are we Miss Jones?"
"Ahh Annabelle, you only wish, please, feel free to attempt to get up the second flight to the dorm, it will be funny as hell to watch!"
Annabelle pouted at the comment but allowed her friend to direct her through the door, smirking again she turned to Kelly, a devious look in her eye.
"Whatever helps you sleep at night Kelly Jones. Which is apparently me!" she let out a drunken giggle as she stumbled over to the bed and sat down.
Kicking off her heels, Kelly turned to look at the girl who had managed to survive the night and gave a small wink.
"If you say so sweetie."
"Kelly welly pudding and pie, kissed the boys and made them cry, when the girls came out to play, she kissed them too because she's GAY!" by this point Annabelle was in a fit of giggles as she too removed her shoes, dropped her phone onto the floor and slid under the covers, watching Kelly get in the other side. Once she had calmed down a more serious expression covered her face and she turned onto her side to face the older girl. "They used to sing that to me at Cheltnem, exept with my name, well, sort of my name, they sang 'Annabella pudding and pie' but my name is Annabelle. Silly people. Of course they wouldn't sing Kelly welly. Because your Kelly welly, silly gay Kelly welly, I'm not kelly, im 'Belle, Annabelle, Annabelle Fritton and your-"
"Belle please, shut up." Kelly spoke with a laugh at the younger girls rambling.
"What did you say?"
"I said Annabelle shut-"
"No you called me 'Belle."
"No I didn't I said-"
"Belle… I like it, its pretty, like sleeping beauty, wait, no, that's wrong, like, beauty and the beast." She started giggling again, and apparently, her giggling was infectious as Kelly started and they just lay there laughing together. They were starting to get drowsy and Kelly could feel herself starting to fall asleep, dragging herself out of bed and away from the warmth of Annabelle's body she stumbled to the light switch and flicked it of, leaving her to have to feel her way back to the bed. She thought Annabelle was asleep when she slid back under the cover but Annabelle slid an arm round Kelly's waist and pulled her into a hug, returning the embrace, the two girls fell asleep together.
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Annabelle awoke to a noise, she couldn't think what it was a first, and she knew she had heard it before but couldn't quite place where. It took her a couple of minutes to realise it was her phone ringing and she lent over the side of the bed and felt around the floor for the device that was disturbing the peace. She felt movement beside her and looked over to see Kelly asleep next to her. For a girl who had just awoken in another girl's bed with no recollection how she had gotten there, she was surprisingly calm, she looked at the caller ID and groaned at the singular word on the display screen. 'Daddy'. Her father had been calling her non stop for the past two weeks, asking her if she had anything to do with the scam, threatening to pull her out of St Trinian's. Obviously she didn't take his threats seriously, St Trinian's was the cheapest public school he could get her into, having been able to talk Miss Fritton down to lower than half the original fees. And he wouldn't send her to a local community school because he would have to see her every morning and evening, and she didn't think he would be able to handle that, so Annabelle wasn't worried. It was starting to piss her off though, his constant calls, and she had been taking out her irritation on her peers. She didn't want to worry the other girls with his threats because she knew he wouldn't go through with it. Allowing the call to go straight to voicemail she lay back down and closed her eyes again, but it seemed that today he was going to be a persistent bastard. He instantly called back, causing her phone to ring loudly again. Answering it simply so it wouldn't wake up Kelly, she listened to her father rant not really taking any of it in until he said four specific words.
"I'm on my way now." This caused Annabelle to gasp and sit up, she could hear his car on the road and the background noise of other cars around him, it was at this point that she realised he wasn't kidding this time, he was actually on his way to pull her out of school. Quickly ending the call she stared at her phone, eyes wide, panicking.
"Shit!"
"What's up?" Kelly had been woken up by the ringing but didn't think much of it until she had heard Annabelle gasp and felt the girl sit up, hearing the panic in the girls voice in that one word she had uttered, Kelly sat up and looked at her friend. Terrified eyes looking back at her.
"He's pulling me out of St Trinian's. He's on his way now and he's pulling me out of St Trinian's."
Thank you for reading, please feel free to leave a review. I welcome other people's opinions and any suggestions you may have to offer. I hope to be able to post chapter 8 soon. I hope you liked it, please let me know what you thought. Thanks everyone!
