Chapter 28

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"That little bitch," Erin finally said, Rick's fists were clenched, evidently preparing to follow Jemima and punch her annoying Welsh face in.

"She was out of order," Faith said,

"how did she even know about your parents?" Tee asked, "did you tell her?"

"No," Rick said, the Dumping Ground fell silent, trying to work out how Jemima knew.

Johnny just got off the minibus, just hear in Mike muttered something along the lines of cameras.

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Every just stared at Sam,

"you live next door," Johnny said,

"yes," Sam nodded,

"why didn't you tell us?" Erin asked,

"miscommunication, I only told Ari this morning," Sam explained.

"You only told me what this morning?" Ari asked entering the room, Jemima following.

A few people greeted the girl, mainly mumbled "hi"s.

"Looking presentable I see," Sam whispered in her best friend's ear.

"Of course," Ari replied.

"Hey guys I'm painting my room on Saturday, anyone want to help?"

"I'll help," Johnny said, Tee and Tyler nodded,

"I'll do it," Jemima added,

"if you want me..." Ari started,
"Ari I wasn't asking you, your attendance is compulsory," Sam told her.

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"You think Jemima has been breaking into the Office?" Tracy asked, Mike nodded,

"I heard something the other night," Mike said,

"you're overreacting man," Gina told him, "another kid probably told her."

"Well I'm still putting up these cameras," Mike told them.

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Jumpers can shrink or grow in the wash. Their colours can fade, and run, and fade.

They're a bit like humans.

They little girl who lived a world full of colour, and happiness grew up, and her world (and her as a person) started to fade. She lost that edge to her, and that girl was lost with one small sip.

Also known as one big mistake.

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"Johnny, what do you want?" Jemima asked,

"Mike set up cameras," Johnny told her,

"I know," Jemima told him, "I'm not an idiot."

"What do you need?" he asked her,

"nothing really, I have done all the profiling," she admitted, "I just wanted to see if I had deactivated the cameras, I hacked them," she explained.

Johnny just stared at her, "Is there anything you can't do?" he asked finally. She considered for a moment,

"I can't be ordinary," she told him, before walking away.

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Ari grabbed her back and sprinted downstairs, Mike had said she ought to rest for another day, but the teen had remained firm, declaring she couldn't miss any more education, so she was back at school.

"Hey Sam," she said greeting her best friend, who was standing by the gate, texting.

"Hi Ari," Sam replied, chucking her phone in her bag.

"So how was your first night in your new home?"
"It was nice," Sam said, nodding, "no snoring."

Ari hit her arm, "I do not snore."

"Keep telling yourself that, sweetie," Sam replied.

The two girls walked in silence.

"I guess we need to talk," Ari said,

"you can say that again,"

"I guess we need to talk," Ari repeated.

"Not literally," Sam replied, "so... what are we? Are we a couple?"

"We're lesbians," Arietta pointed, "best friends who are lesbians. Which seems surprisingly convenient in my books."

"Let's forget about convenience," Sam suggested, Ari nodded.

"We've kissed,"

"twice," Sam reminded.

"Well one I was mostly unconscious so maybe we should leave that one out," Ari suggested,

"once," Sam corrected,

"yeah."

"We're 14," Sam said, "is that too young?"

"How about you ask that to Erin and Rick?" Ari suggested.

"Well... while I believe they are a compatible couple, I do think they could be better."
"Rick could have a sex change,"

"If Rick has a sex change, she is mine," Sam said,

"you like Erin, you have her, I'll take female Rick," Ari said, in an attempt to compromise.

"No way José."

"So you're saying the way to make a couple perfect, is to make them into lesbians," Sam suddenly said,

"yeah," Ari nodded, "lesbian relationships are better."

"And hotter," Sam added,

"and prettier,"

"and bitchier,"

"and cooler,"
"and more period-y," Sam pointed out, Ari sent her a very strong glare, "unless you're in a relationship with you, and in that case I'm the only one with my life bleeding out my vagina, every fucking month."

"It's your time isn't it," Ari said, understandingly. Sam nodded, "that explains why you were so cranky yesterday."
"I was not fucking cranky, and don't you dare can me an Angry Lesbian, cos I hate that fucking stereotype and fuck you," Sam almost shouted. Ari laughed. Sam glared. Ari carried on grinning.

"Postbox."

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"Ari, you're back," Robbie stated, pulling his friend into a hug.

"Really?" she asked sarcastically.

"Believe it or not, you are, and you came back just in time for the joy of double physics with me."

"I can't be bothered," she told him honestly.

"It's physics," he pointed out, "can anybody?"

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"Physics is brilliant," Jemima exclaimed, "the world makes much more sense without it."

"Why am I even sitting next to you?" Johnny asked,

"because Jemima and Johnny both begin with the letter J, so we end up sitting next to each other, in nearly every lesson," Jemima said, "it's pretty tiresome."

"It's worse for me," Johnny pointed out, "you're a loner, with no friends, just a notebook, who comes across as a fucking psychopath."

"I am not a psychopath, I took the test, and the personality disorder test, and the other test, and the other test, and the test that asks you if you want to be a florist," Jemima said, writing down the date.

"I don't understand you," Johnny groaned,

"you're acting like that's a bad thing," Jemima replied.

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"It's great that Sam hasn't left," Tyler said,

"yeah, at least Johnny and Sam will have the chance to be together," Tee said, "he deserves a decent girlfriend, not like Kitty."

"When you look back at it, it seems like a really unhealthy relationship," Tyler commented, looking down at his textbook, "I mean Kitty's comments almost drove Johnny to suicide," then Tyler stopped, looking at Tee, she had gone very pale, "admittedly Kitty saved him."

"Johnny was suicidal?" she whispered.

"He didn't tell you?" Tyler replied,

"Miss, I need the toilet," Tee yelled, sticking her hand in the air.

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"Heat energy?" he asked, Jemima nodded. "Kinetic?"

"Yeah," she replied, "4 more to go."

"Sou... why won't you tell me?" Johnny asked, "you know about me, why shouldn't I know about you?"

"I use information to protect people," Jemima started,

"or to upset people, like Erin and Rick," Johnny pointed out,

"they aren't a priority on the protection list," the Welsh girl explained.

Before Johnny could reply there was a knock on the door, the physics teacher looked up from his newspaper.

"Come in," he called, in walked Tee.

"Miss Burton has asked me to collect Johnny for a meeting," Tee lied, smiling sweetly at the teacher.

"Ok Johnny you can go."

Johnny stuffed his stuff in his bag, and followed his sister out of the classroom, very confused.

Tee said nothing to him, just walked.

"Why does Miss Burton want to see us?" Johnny asked, then suddenly Tee spun round and slammed him against a locker.

"Why didn't you tell me that you tried to kill yourself?" she snapped,

"I," he said, looking his furious sister in the eye, "I wanted to put the past behind us, I just wanted everything to be better, and I didn't want to upset you."

Tee just pulled away, "you nearly killed yourself," she whispered, starting to cry, "did you think about me?" she asked, "me coming back to discover you killed yourself. Because of me."

"I had been a terrible brother," Johnny said, starting to cry, "I thought I was worthless, I thought... I thought..." he broke down, Tee just hugged her big brother.

"I made you feel that way,"

"it was me too," Johnny corrected, "and..."
"Kitty," Tee said, it wasn't a question, it was a statement. Johnny nodded, "you're better off without that bitch."

The two siblings stood silently in the corridor, "Johnny," Tee said finally, "I need you to remember, that however angry I get, and however many fights we have, remember that I still love you. You're my brother, and nothing can change that."

Johnny just nodded, "now wipe your eyes," Tee commanded, "you can't miss physics."
"Why are you out of class?" Johnny suddenly asked, returning to his usual self. Tee just grinned,

"I'm going back," she told him, smiling again.

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"How did Jemima find out?" Rick asked, evidently stressed out by her comments from the previous day.

"It's her hair," Ari muttered,

"what?" Erin asked,

"it's why her hair is so big," Arietta said, then whispered, "it's full of secrets."

Erin and Rick just glared at the Chinese girl, "I'll just go over there," Ari said, nodding awkwardly before sprinting across the room and plonking herself down of Sam's lap.

"Miss Rosenberg that is Miss Carter's seat, not yours," the teacher called when she entered the room.

"Sam's happy to share with me," Ari replied, grinning, leaning on Sam.

"Well I'm not, go back to your own seat," she commanded, Arietta simply rolled her eyes, while Sam kept hold of Ari's hand for an extra second. Ari looked back to her best friend, there eyes met, they smiled, then Sam let go of her hand and Arietta walked back to her table.

She met Erin's eyes, Erin was confused, unsure of what she had just seen. Trying, in vain, to work out what was going on between Sam and Arietta.

It was in vain, because neither Sam nor Arietta had a clue.

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Then there was Kitty.

Sat on the other side of the classroom.

Wondering when everything had gone wrong.

Johnny had just returned to the class, glared at her, then sat down next to Jemima. They had started chatting immediately, or flirting. From the other side of the classroom she couldn't tell.

Firstly she didn't understand, Johnny and her had only broken up less than a week beforehand, and he was over her already and was straight away flirting with Jemima. Who wasn't even half as pretty as Kitty. She was just weird, and Welsh.

Weird and Welsh.

A weird Welsh boyfriend snatcher, who had grabbed her Johnny after a day of break up.

Then, as if her life wasn't already shit enough, her best friend dumped her for a boy, and Tee, Tyler and Frank had stopped being even mildly interested in Kitty.

And it was infuriating.

She had become insignificant, and no one seemed to like her any more, even that Arietta bitch seemed to be more popular than her. But then again Sam didn't live in the Dumping Ground any more so she didn't count, and Jemima could hardly be considered a person, so technically the two girls were as popular as each other.

Even her own brother, who she met once or twice in the recent months, hadn't contact her. In fact on the visits to see her he spent more time joking with his girlfriend, and Arietta.

Arietta was where it got bad.

Firstly she was insensitive and up herself, then she felt she couldn't share her past. Felt it was too traumatizing to even recite to her new house mates.

What a fucking bullshitter.

Then Sam, her friend ran off with Arietta.

Then Erin and Rick came home, and then...

she was stuck by herself in the minibus.

Everyone else was in a group but her.

Even that over-dramatic fuck-take, and the Welsh weirdo.

Kitty had thought Arietta was the worst person she would have to put up with in the Dumping Ground, but then Jemima turned up.

She needed to turn back to a time, before either bitch was in her life.

Maybe she could...

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