Here's chapter 38 :) enjoy, but its a bit boring I know, so I'll try and update tomorrow because 39 is a bit more interesting!
Chapter thirty-eight
"What do you want to eat? I can either cook you something or we could order a takeaway. Your call I don't mind."
"Erm, can we have a pizza please?"
"Sure, there's a really nice pizza place around the corner, I'll find a menu for you and you can pick what you want."
"Thank you." Maia said as Connie went into the kitchen, she then came back with a menu a few minutes later.
"Ooh! Could I have one of these small ish ones please- cheese and tomato with ham and sweetcorn?"
"Yeah that's fine, anything else?"
Maia looked at the menu again.
"Can I have a portion of cheesy chips please?"
"Yeah that's fine; I'll just go order it." Connie said as she went into the hallway to phone them up.
"I've ordered it, and we can go and pick it up in 10 minutes if that's ok?" Connie said coming back into the room.
"Yeah that's fine, thank you. Oh, and Connie, where's Grace?" Maia said, suddenly realised that she was at Connie's and her 6 year-old daughter wasn't
"My pleasure, and yeah, Grace is staying at her fathers for a couple of days. Now, is there anything you want to tell me? I swear that whatever you say won't leave this room."
Maia looked fidgety; she didn't know quite what to say. She had two options: Tell Connie everything because she knew that she could trust her and she had already briefly explained it, and the second option make something up completely because she couldn't say nothing because Connie knew the basic.
"Ok, so I know this will be hard for you, but I'll support you through it all, and so will your mum and Max. Now we'll go and get our pizzas and then you can decide."
Maia nodded as Connie helped her up and passed her her crutches.
"Come on sweet, let's get our pizza." Connie said locking up and ten the two of them headed for the Pizza Place.
They quickly collected their food and took it home. They flicked the TV on and watched a film while munching on pizza and chips.
When they had finished and cleared everything up, Connie came and sat down next to Maia and cuddled up to her, to try and gain her trust.
"So come on sweet, what really happened in school because I am sure girls would not do that to you."
Maia breathed a heavy sigh in and she decided to tell Connie the truth, well most of it anyway.
"Basically they suddenly started calling me a baby how my mum drops me off at the school gates, because I was on crutches. And then they made me skip registration because they wouldn't let me leave, then when they left I didn't go to form at all, I ran and hid in the toilets. At break I went up to the library to wait for Ben and they came at me again." Maia didn't tell her the part about smoking; she had a pack and a lighter in her bag, and was planning to take up smoking.
"Thanks for telling me Maia, I promise I won't tell anyone, not if you don't want me to." Connie said.
"Thanks Connie, I'm glad I've got you." Maia said hugging her tightly.
"Can you help me up the stairs please, I'm shattered!" She laughed.
"Oh course, come on, nice and slowly!" Connie said helping Maia up the stairs and ready for bed.
"Night Connie, love you." Maia said as Connie turned out the light and shut the door.
"Love you too, sleep tight."
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