Josie
Ok this chapter is part of my post-a-thon! I promised all sorts of people in real life that I would try and do 5 updates this week! So here we go!
Josie was in heaven. She had got her hair cut at the weekend and now had a brand new fringe that flicked at the sides. People had been telling her all morning how amazing she looked but they didn't really matter to Josie, all she cared about was what Seth thought, she was on her way to meet him in their normal place, in the music room where no one ever went, they liked to have fun on top of the piano. Today, for the first time in a long time, Josie was nervous about seeing Seth, what if he didn't like it? But she needn't have worried because as soon as she slipped into the dark room, drew the blinds and flicked on the switch he smiled at her with the warmth that only someone who loves you can give,
"I love it!" he said quietly and Josie blushed, she was glad he liked it.
"Thanks," she said and smiled at him, showing her perfectly white teeth.
Seth helped her up so that they were both sitting on the piano, "Now I think it's time you did your piano practise," he smiled at her and knowing perfectly what he meant Josie pulled him towards her and the two kissed passionately, lying on top of the piano.
Fran had been walking past the dark music room on her way to a flute lesson when she had heard strange noises from inside. She saw that all the blinds were drawn but she could see a crack of light coming round one of them. She peered inside but gasped when she saw Josie and Seth inside making music of their own. She drew back quickly, if anyone ever saw her and Mark doing that then she would die of embarrassment. She turned away but bumped into Miss Ragae who was holding a stack of papers.
"Oh hello Frances," said the teacher going to open the door to the room in which Fran knew that a very different kind of music to her favourite was going on.
"Excuse me Miss but my flute teacher was wondering if you could come and see her please," said Fran acting fast.
"Ok, I'll just put these papers in here first," said Miss Ragae, trying to open the door again.
"No!" shouted Fran, then she said quickly, "she needs to see you now,"
The teacher grumbled at this but went with Fran who pretended to knock her bag over and got out her mobile to quickly text Josie warning her of the danger she faced.
Back in the music room Josie, having received the text, was quickly saying goodbye to Seth before hurrying off, she knew that if Miss Ragae found them in here then she would go mental, she was one of the few teachers who objected to the allowance of boys into the school which had only started this year.
Seth peered round the corner to check that Josie had gone to tan on the field before hurrying off to meet Katie who was helping him to organise the surprise party he was planning for Josie. He didn't quite know what the occasion was, her birthday was in October and it was nowhere near Christmas but did you really need an occasion to have a party?
"Hi," he said quietly, making her jump, "have you told everyone yet?"
"Yep!" replied Katie, "your house, 7pm on Saturday!"
Seth smiled and checked that no one was looking before giving the small girl a friendly hug, it didn't mean anything, they were just friends and they were both seeing people. She knew that and so did he.
The two pupils talked for another few minutes, checking all the final details before going their separate ways, Katie to the form room to do some homework and Seth to the rugby pitch to play with the other boys.
Josie was still happy. She could feel herself going a lovely golden brown while everyone else was still as white as a sheet. She knew that Seth would like her however she looked but couldn't help herself trying to get a nice tan. She decided to wander up to the rugby pitch to watch him play for a bit. When she passed this idea by everyone else they all declared that it was too hot apart from Issy who wanted to watch Jimmy play and keep an eye on all the other girls who also liked to watch topless guys play rugby in the sunshine, but when the two girls reached the rugby pitch Seth was nowhere to be seen.
"Where's Seth?" asked Josie curiously.
"Umm…. I think I saw him with that short girl, you know… the hot one…Katie! Behind the language block," one, very un-cool boy called out, he didn't know what was going on between Seth and Katie because he hadn't been invited to the party and so had obviously got the wrong end of the stick, causing him to get nasty looks from the rest of the team.
Before anyone could say anything else Josie had flicked her hair and walked off with tears in her eyes, surely Seth wouldn't do anything like that to her would he? There had to be a logical explanation didn't there? Katie was going out with Alex and Josie knew that one of her best friends wouldn't stab her in the back like that. She found Fran, who had just finished her flute lesson, and broke down sobbing into her shoulder. Fran took her to their favourite loos where, with Issy's help, she tried to cheer her up.
"How could he do this to me?" sobbed Josie.
"Because he's a boy and that's what they do best!" said Fran.
"It's alright for you, you both have nice boyfriends who would never cheat on you!" she sobbed again.
"And so do you!" said Issy, "I'm sure it's a mistake."
This cheered Josie up a bit, she tidied her hair and walked back to the form room with Fran and Issy either side of her.
Josie managed to avoid Katie and Seth for the rest of the week but when Saturday night came Fran called her from her house down the road and invited her to this great party she had heard about.
"Come on, my mum will drive us," she begged down the phone.
Eventually Josie gave in, put on her favourite party outfit, re-straightened her hair and put on a funky pair of earrings with her ballerina necklace. When Fran arrived 15 minutes later she looked really amazing and Fran knew that Seth would be pleased, by playing along with Josie she had been able to persuade her to come to a party which was really for her.
In the car on the way there Fran made Josie put on a blindfold so that she couldn't see where they were going, this caused her to complain about her eyeliner and everything else. When they got there Fran knocked three times on the front door as a secret signal and walked in. Josie pulled off the blindfold and everyone jumped out shouting,
"SURPRISE!"
Josie looked around, trying to figure out what was going on. From what she could see she was in Seth's house but surely he wouldn't invite her and Katie, who she could see in the crowd round at the same time.
"What is going on?" she asked.
Seth stepped forward.
"It's a surprise party!" he said, "for you!"
"But what about you and Katie?" asked Josie frowning, "I thought you were with her now?"
"No!" said Katie and Alex at the same time,
"I was helping organise it!" said Katie, "I'm sorry if that's what you thought…"
Josie didn't say anymore, she just grabbed Seth and started dancing to 4 minutes, her favourite song at the moment. Issy looked around; all was well again and from what she could see it was going to be a night that she wouldn't forget. She wandered into the kitchen to get a drink but found Jimmy with a girl draped all over him, her back to Issy.
"What are you doing!" she screamed then gasped when the girl turned around. It was Lily.
