Hayley was almost the first to get to the tea and coffee jugs; she was only
just beaten by a new girl, who had long black hair pulled back in a rough
pony-tail, by a shell hair-tie, with fading blue streaks, and bright blue
eyes; she was about the same height as Hayley, slender, but well built;
wearing tight, black trousers, a blue top, and a black jacket, around her
neck was a shell necklace, and two coins made her earrings.
"Stand back!" Hayley warned, once both of them had got their drinks. "The hoard is coming."
As the two managed to step back to a safe place, the rest of the school seemed to pour in.
"Thanks!" the girl said
"I'm Hayley!" Hayley shouted over the din.
"Althea!" the girl replied "Not Al."
"Okay. Listen, once you've finished that coffee. Come with me to the I.T. room. Unless you want to hang around with the gossip queens?"
"I'll come!"
Minutes later they met in the I.T. room, Rae had already logged on, and was typing away, keeping an ear out for people entering the room. As Hayley and Althea entered, she spun round on the chair.
"Hi!" Rae said
"This is Althea. Althea, this is Rae." Hayley did the intros
"Nice to meet you! Pull up a chair!" Rae said, spinning back to the computer
"Rae, Perv's gone!" Hayley said, sitting down,
"Brill!" Rae cheered
"Who's gone?" Henry asked entering the room.
"Mr Perv!"
"Great!"
"Who was he?" Althea asked
"Our Latin/Clas Civs teacher."
"Right! I'm Althea." She faced Henry
"Henry."
"Henry?"
"Don't ask!" Hayley and Rae chorused
"Okay!"
"Hi, guys!" Sarah said, walking through the door
"Who are they?" Rae asked, looking at the three girls following Sarah, they all had neat black hair, in pony-tails, and bright blue eyes, and were identical in every detail, they were just taller than Sarah.
"Daria, Quinn, Brittany." Sarah said, pointing at the one with the pony- tail on the left, the one with pig-tails, and the one with the pony-tail on the right, in turn. "Or is it Quinn, Daria, Brittany?" she asked, going back the other way, "Anyway those are their names, they're triplets."
"How come you got stuck with all of them?" Henry asked
"I didn't, I only got one. But they seemed to be joined at the hip, like those weird Siamese twins, so they followed me. And I STILL can't figure out, which one is which!"
"It's Quinn, Brittany, Daria." Althea sighed, pointing at the right pony- tail, the left pony-tail and finally the pig-tails. "They're my sisters."
"You've got annoying little sisters, too?" Rae perked up.
"Yes. You?" Althea was surprised by the question.
"Yes!" Rae yelped, as Hannah walked into the room, and proceeded to make a bee-line for Rae. Luckily for Rae, Hayley got in the way.
"Not now, Hannah." She said forcefully.
"Okay!" Hannah walked away, clearly angry, but too afraid to disobey Hayley.
"That's my sister!" Rae muttered
"Right!" Althea made a note
"Hi!"
"ARRRGGHH!" Sarah screamed, and jumped, as Hannah appeared behind her,
"How does she do that?" Rae asked the thin air.
"That reminds me." Henry muttered "Bye, guys, I've just got to go and talk to someone."
"Bye!" Rae said turning back to the computer, one ear tuned into the conversation going on around her, which consisted of Hayley threatening Hannah with death, maiming, blackmail or torture, also Sarah threatening Hannah with a punch in the face.
Meanwhile Henry had found Kitty, and gone into the courtyard, for a chat.
"So what was with the whole, hand through the table thing?" Henry asked
"I'm like a mutant, I've like got an extra gene, and it's like a side effect." Kitty whispered
"Okay!"
"You're not going to tell anyone?"
"No, what's the point? No one would believe me!" Henry shrugged
"Like, that's so true!"
"Do you have to say 'like' in every sentence?"
"Like, I don't do that!"
"Never mind." Henry sighed, "How long have you been able to. you know?"
"Like, a couple of years. It, like, freaked me out the first few times!"
"Okay. Look, I've got to go!"
"Like, why?"
"I've got to finish my maths homework, which I was meant to do over the hols."
"Like, fine!" Kitty smiled as Henry ran back to the I.T. room.
"Rae! You've got to help me!" Henry yelled
"What's up?" Rae spun round
"Maths! Not done! Going to get killed!" Henry panted
"Where is it?" Rae asked
"HERE!" Henry slapped it down on the table, handed Rae a book. "Exercise 4b, questions 1 - 20!" Henry grabbed a pen, as Rae started reeling off the answers.
"There she goes again!" Sarah sighed
"Calculator brain!" Hayley joked
"What.?" Althea stared
"She's a human calculator!" Hayley explained "Always been good at maths."
"Boffin!" Sarah teased, as Rae put down the book
"Thanks!" Henry sighed, packing her stuff away
"That was weird!" Kitty said, having just walked in the room.
"I wonder if she's got some extra brain cells?" Brittany murmured
"How could we find out?" Quinn puzzled
"A CAT scan?" Daria queried.
"While she's doing maths." Brittany nodded
Suddenly the bell went, interrupting break and all conversations, for only a few seconds before the conversations started up again.
"Shouldn't we be going now?" Althea asked
"No!" Sarah said
"That's only the first bell; when the second bell goes, we're meant to be in lessons, but we're always late!" Hayley explained
"Okay!"
"UNLESS YOU HAVE A LESSON IN HERE, WILL YOU PLEASE LEAVE!" Mrs Titch ordered from the door, immediately Rae stood up and pressed the reset button, walking towards the door, followed by all the others in the group.
"Back here at lunch?" Hayley asked
"Sure!" Sarah agreed.
"Okay!" Henry agreed
"Off we go to lessons!" the triplets legged it.
"Great, more boring lessons!" Rae muttered, unaware about how wrong she was.
"Stand back!" Hayley warned, once both of them had got their drinks. "The hoard is coming."
As the two managed to step back to a safe place, the rest of the school seemed to pour in.
"Thanks!" the girl said
"I'm Hayley!" Hayley shouted over the din.
"Althea!" the girl replied "Not Al."
"Okay. Listen, once you've finished that coffee. Come with me to the I.T. room. Unless you want to hang around with the gossip queens?"
"I'll come!"
Minutes later they met in the I.T. room, Rae had already logged on, and was typing away, keeping an ear out for people entering the room. As Hayley and Althea entered, she spun round on the chair.
"Hi!" Rae said
"This is Althea. Althea, this is Rae." Hayley did the intros
"Nice to meet you! Pull up a chair!" Rae said, spinning back to the computer
"Rae, Perv's gone!" Hayley said, sitting down,
"Brill!" Rae cheered
"Who's gone?" Henry asked entering the room.
"Mr Perv!"
"Great!"
"Who was he?" Althea asked
"Our Latin/Clas Civs teacher."
"Right! I'm Althea." She faced Henry
"Henry."
"Henry?"
"Don't ask!" Hayley and Rae chorused
"Okay!"
"Hi, guys!" Sarah said, walking through the door
"Who are they?" Rae asked, looking at the three girls following Sarah, they all had neat black hair, in pony-tails, and bright blue eyes, and were identical in every detail, they were just taller than Sarah.
"Daria, Quinn, Brittany." Sarah said, pointing at the one with the pony- tail on the left, the one with pig-tails, and the one with the pony-tail on the right, in turn. "Or is it Quinn, Daria, Brittany?" she asked, going back the other way, "Anyway those are their names, they're triplets."
"How come you got stuck with all of them?" Henry asked
"I didn't, I only got one. But they seemed to be joined at the hip, like those weird Siamese twins, so they followed me. And I STILL can't figure out, which one is which!"
"It's Quinn, Brittany, Daria." Althea sighed, pointing at the right pony- tail, the left pony-tail and finally the pig-tails. "They're my sisters."
"You've got annoying little sisters, too?" Rae perked up.
"Yes. You?" Althea was surprised by the question.
"Yes!" Rae yelped, as Hannah walked into the room, and proceeded to make a bee-line for Rae. Luckily for Rae, Hayley got in the way.
"Not now, Hannah." She said forcefully.
"Okay!" Hannah walked away, clearly angry, but too afraid to disobey Hayley.
"That's my sister!" Rae muttered
"Right!" Althea made a note
"Hi!"
"ARRRGGHH!" Sarah screamed, and jumped, as Hannah appeared behind her,
"How does she do that?" Rae asked the thin air.
"That reminds me." Henry muttered "Bye, guys, I've just got to go and talk to someone."
"Bye!" Rae said turning back to the computer, one ear tuned into the conversation going on around her, which consisted of Hayley threatening Hannah with death, maiming, blackmail or torture, also Sarah threatening Hannah with a punch in the face.
Meanwhile Henry had found Kitty, and gone into the courtyard, for a chat.
"So what was with the whole, hand through the table thing?" Henry asked
"I'm like a mutant, I've like got an extra gene, and it's like a side effect." Kitty whispered
"Okay!"
"You're not going to tell anyone?"
"No, what's the point? No one would believe me!" Henry shrugged
"Like, that's so true!"
"Do you have to say 'like' in every sentence?"
"Like, I don't do that!"
"Never mind." Henry sighed, "How long have you been able to. you know?"
"Like, a couple of years. It, like, freaked me out the first few times!"
"Okay. Look, I've got to go!"
"Like, why?"
"I've got to finish my maths homework, which I was meant to do over the hols."
"Like, fine!" Kitty smiled as Henry ran back to the I.T. room.
"Rae! You've got to help me!" Henry yelled
"What's up?" Rae spun round
"Maths! Not done! Going to get killed!" Henry panted
"Where is it?" Rae asked
"HERE!" Henry slapped it down on the table, handed Rae a book. "Exercise 4b, questions 1 - 20!" Henry grabbed a pen, as Rae started reeling off the answers.
"There she goes again!" Sarah sighed
"Calculator brain!" Hayley joked
"What.?" Althea stared
"She's a human calculator!" Hayley explained "Always been good at maths."
"Boffin!" Sarah teased, as Rae put down the book
"Thanks!" Henry sighed, packing her stuff away
"That was weird!" Kitty said, having just walked in the room.
"I wonder if she's got some extra brain cells?" Brittany murmured
"How could we find out?" Quinn puzzled
"A CAT scan?" Daria queried.
"While she's doing maths." Brittany nodded
Suddenly the bell went, interrupting break and all conversations, for only a few seconds before the conversations started up again.
"Shouldn't we be going now?" Althea asked
"No!" Sarah said
"That's only the first bell; when the second bell goes, we're meant to be in lessons, but we're always late!" Hayley explained
"Okay!"
"UNLESS YOU HAVE A LESSON IN HERE, WILL YOU PLEASE LEAVE!" Mrs Titch ordered from the door, immediately Rae stood up and pressed the reset button, walking towards the door, followed by all the others in the group.
"Back here at lunch?" Hayley asked
"Sure!" Sarah agreed.
"Okay!" Henry agreed
"Off we go to lessons!" the triplets legged it.
"Great, more boring lessons!" Rae muttered, unaware about how wrong she was.
