It was the first day back at school after the long summer. Jasper was shouting across the classroom to all his friends about what he and Ryan had done in the holidays. They were cousins, but had known each other since they had been born. Their parents were very close friends too, and they had all shared a huge farmhouse for as long as they could remember. The house was down a muddy lane, with very few other houses along it.
"Mike! Guess where me and Ry went on holiday!" yelled Jasper. The teacher looked up from the work she was writing on the blackboard and stared harshly at him.
"There is a time and a place for talking, and the classroom is not one of those places! And if I were to let you scream like cats across the classroom, I would expect you to speak properly. Ryan and I, not 'me and Ry'" she snapped, quoting Jasper in a whiny voice. "You are nine years old, yet speak as if you were three!"
"J! J!" Mike hissed across the classroom, trying to catch Jasper's attention and hoping that the teacher wouldn't notice.
"Yeah, so we went to Disneyland, the one in Florida! It was amazing!" he called back, having been muttering to Ryan when the teacher was lecturing them, and not hearing a word. There was a knock at the door, and in walked the headmistress, with a fidgeting boy in tow, who obviously would rather not be there.
"This is Lex, he will be joining your class as of this year." She announced, smiling sweetly at the class but glaring at Lex at the same time. "And if you try to pull off another stunt you will be expelled from this school too! Don't you ever, ever try to put slugs in peoples coffee again." And with that she left the room. Jasper heard what Lex had done, and yelled across to the teacher.
"We'll look after him, you know, show him around and stuff."
"Yes I'm sure you will!" she replied sarcastically. "Lex, will you go and sit by Peter."
"The goody goody two shoes!" Ryan yelled back. Lex ignored the teacher's command and went to sit next to Jasper, lifting four girls' skirts up on the way, causing a lot of screaming among the girls and hysterics among the boys.
Break time came around quickly, and Jasper and Ryan were eager to talk to Lex. They walked into the playground, but they couldn't find him anywhere. They walked back to find him, and saw Lex sneaking around by the staff room door. They walked up to him, and he put his finger to his lips, and pointed towards the staff room floor. There was a massive rat snuffling around, and the teachers had just spotted it. There was a lot of screaming, but the three boys kept on plotting.
"Here, take this!" Jasper mouthed, throwing a lighter each to Lex and Ryan, and the three of them sneaked into the staff room, setting fire to the bin, the school cat, and several of the teachers skirts. They sneaked out unnoticed, and collapsed in giggles under a tree outside.

…"And we have been best friends ever since." Jasper finished off. The five of them were in heaps of laughter. Amber had found Bray, and as they were walking past Zandra's room they had heard her call out, as she wanted to see Jasper and know how Lex was. They walked back to the room that Lex was lying in, and saw Jasper and Ryan grinning.
"What could possibly be so funny, with your friend lying there unconscious." Amber stated, and sat down in a corner, on top of Bray, and he wrapped his arms round her while they listened to Jasper's explanation.
"Does anyone want a hot drink or something?" asked Amber when they had all calmed down.
"Hot Chocolate please, Am." said Jasper.
"Me too." added Ryan.
"Zandra?" asked Bray.
"Nothing thanks." Answered Zandra.
"Tai-San." Moaned Lex and they all looked at him.
"Are you all right?" asked Tai-San, having walked into the room after having a feeling that Lex was about to wake up.
"Yeah, fine. Well, just a headache." He smiled, and she kissed him on the forehead. Amber got up and pulled Bray's hands, to make him get up too. As they walked out the room to get the drinks Bray pinched Amber's bum.
"Hey!" she exclaimed in surprise, her eyes lighting up, and ran off, racing him to the kitchen, but he was faster than her and caught up with her as they got there. They slowed down, and Amber leant against the worktop to catch her breath. She started making the hot chocolate, and Bray came up behind her and wrapped his arms round her middle. She stood staring into space for a little while, and then laid her head back on his shoulder and sighed.
"What a day." she muttered.
"Yeah." He replied, kissing her forehead. She turned around to face him, and she kissed him fully on the lips.