That day Jade was walking through the caravan park after a day on the beach
with the guys. Since Kirsty's outburst about Teliah that new girl, they
hadn't seen her since. Jade was pretty sure she had a shift at the kiosk
though, so she wasn't too worried.
Enjoying the sun on her back and the breeze whipping gently through her hair, Jade sauntered casually through the property, glancing at each of the caravans in turn.
Number nine was and had been empty for as long as she could remember as the roof had caved in and hadn't yet been fixed, number eight was occupied with these two guys from Perth, who were real beach bums and quite frankly a bit sleazy then there was number seven. Jade paused. Number seven was Teliah's family's van. Even though she knew she had accused Kirsty of judging Teliah too quick, she was curious about the new girl and truthfully just wanted to know more.
The door was open but she could hear a muffled voice inside it. Jade crept closer to the van and listened silently.
"Oh my god Tash, he was so hot!" She heard a girl's voice squeal. It was Teliah all right, her accent a dead giveaway.
"Total sun-streaked blonde hair, hot bod, totally gorgeous."
Jade could feel her cheeks reddening. Was she talking about who she thought she was? She leaned in closer, pressing her ear against the cool aluminum.
"Yeah! Sweet too, not like those creeps back home.yeah I know. Oh my god! He's what? He's tame? Oh! His name was -"
"Jade!"
A male voice pierced the otherwise still air and Jade whirled around guiltily. Standing inches away she found herself facing Josh.
"Uh, uh.hi!" She stammered. She glanced around nervously, hoping no-one had noticed her little detective work.
"Uh hi. I was just wondering if you'd seen Dani?" He asked.
"Uh." All thoughts of Kirsty flew out of her head.
"Um, I ah, think she has a shift, at the um, kiosk. Yeah, I'm um, pretty sure." Said Jade. cringing inwardly as she tried to hide her discomfort.
"Oh okay." Josh flashed her a grin, "See ya round then."
"Yeah, see ya." Jade echoed as she jogged off.
Phew, breathed Jade nervously. That had been close. She hadn't meant to send Josh out on a wild goose chase but lying just made Jade so nervous that she just clammed up and temporarily was unable to activate her rationality function.
She was feeling too jittery to keep up her spying game so she retired to her bedroom. She lay on her bed, thoughts whirling through her head at a million miles an hour. How could that girl have it for Nick? How would it be humanely possible? They had only met once for maybe a few minutes and he had pointedly (okay maybe with a bit of a nudge from Jade but still, pointedly) sent the message across loud and clear that he was taken, already involved, ineligible. Was this girl really as arrogant and conniving as Kirsty seemed to think, so much so that she would breeze her way into town, put up a sweet façade and then try to steal her boyfriend?? Would she-
Slam!
Jade sat bolt upright as she heard the familiar slam of the front door. It had to be Kirsty. Shelley was in the next bedroom folding clothes, Max was upstairs in his room, probably trying to figure out another money-making scam or working on a follow up to his book Bay of Secrets, Dad was downstairs making dinner and Dani - well, god knows where she was. Jade peeked out of her bedroom and saw that Kirsty was heading up the stairs. She slipped out and met her halfway.
"Hey." Jade greeted her.
"Hey." She replied sullenly.
"Where have you been?" Asked Jade.
"Around." Kirsty said vaguely, sulkily playing with her bracelet.
Jade let out a breath. It was time to come clean.
"Okay maybe you were right about Teliah." Jade admitted.
She told Kirsty everything about what she had heard through the caravan.
"Told you. That girl hasn't even been here a week and she's already staking out the local market and getting her claws into the best chips. Now you just have to decided. Are you going to stand by and let her win, or are we going to fight?"
Enjoying the sun on her back and the breeze whipping gently through her hair, Jade sauntered casually through the property, glancing at each of the caravans in turn.
Number nine was and had been empty for as long as she could remember as the roof had caved in and hadn't yet been fixed, number eight was occupied with these two guys from Perth, who were real beach bums and quite frankly a bit sleazy then there was number seven. Jade paused. Number seven was Teliah's family's van. Even though she knew she had accused Kirsty of judging Teliah too quick, she was curious about the new girl and truthfully just wanted to know more.
The door was open but she could hear a muffled voice inside it. Jade crept closer to the van and listened silently.
"Oh my god Tash, he was so hot!" She heard a girl's voice squeal. It was Teliah all right, her accent a dead giveaway.
"Total sun-streaked blonde hair, hot bod, totally gorgeous."
Jade could feel her cheeks reddening. Was she talking about who she thought she was? She leaned in closer, pressing her ear against the cool aluminum.
"Yeah! Sweet too, not like those creeps back home.yeah I know. Oh my god! He's what? He's tame? Oh! His name was -"
"Jade!"
A male voice pierced the otherwise still air and Jade whirled around guiltily. Standing inches away she found herself facing Josh.
"Uh, uh.hi!" She stammered. She glanced around nervously, hoping no-one had noticed her little detective work.
"Uh hi. I was just wondering if you'd seen Dani?" He asked.
"Uh." All thoughts of Kirsty flew out of her head.
"Um, I ah, think she has a shift, at the um, kiosk. Yeah, I'm um, pretty sure." Said Jade. cringing inwardly as she tried to hide her discomfort.
"Oh okay." Josh flashed her a grin, "See ya round then."
"Yeah, see ya." Jade echoed as she jogged off.
Phew, breathed Jade nervously. That had been close. She hadn't meant to send Josh out on a wild goose chase but lying just made Jade so nervous that she just clammed up and temporarily was unable to activate her rationality function.
She was feeling too jittery to keep up her spying game so she retired to her bedroom. She lay on her bed, thoughts whirling through her head at a million miles an hour. How could that girl have it for Nick? How would it be humanely possible? They had only met once for maybe a few minutes and he had pointedly (okay maybe with a bit of a nudge from Jade but still, pointedly) sent the message across loud and clear that he was taken, already involved, ineligible. Was this girl really as arrogant and conniving as Kirsty seemed to think, so much so that she would breeze her way into town, put up a sweet façade and then try to steal her boyfriend?? Would she-
Slam!
Jade sat bolt upright as she heard the familiar slam of the front door. It had to be Kirsty. Shelley was in the next bedroom folding clothes, Max was upstairs in his room, probably trying to figure out another money-making scam or working on a follow up to his book Bay of Secrets, Dad was downstairs making dinner and Dani - well, god knows where she was. Jade peeked out of her bedroom and saw that Kirsty was heading up the stairs. She slipped out and met her halfway.
"Hey." Jade greeted her.
"Hey." She replied sullenly.
"Where have you been?" Asked Jade.
"Around." Kirsty said vaguely, sulkily playing with her bracelet.
Jade let out a breath. It was time to come clean.
"Okay maybe you were right about Teliah." Jade admitted.
She told Kirsty everything about what she had heard through the caravan.
"Told you. That girl hasn't even been here a week and she's already staking out the local market and getting her claws into the best chips. Now you just have to decided. Are you going to stand by and let her win, or are we going to fight?"