There was a horrible mood at lunch; everyone didn't know quite what to say. I was sitting next to Chuckie with Kimi and Lil opposite us. Lil had her head in her arms crying. She'd just been telling us this was all her fault. Kimi and I tried to comfort her, tried to say it wasn't but Lil's mind was set. Chuckie was being quite, he was never good at comforting people when they were upset. I guess the best thing he could do was to keep quiet.
"Hey" Angelica said as she joined to table, sitting down next to Lil.
"I can't believe I was so mean! I was the one who tried to turn mum and dad against him!" Lil cried.
"It's not your fault, they have bigger problems right now don't you think?" Angelica said. It seemed as if something had just made her tick.
"What do you me other problems?" Kimi asked.
"Err, those guys, the ones bullying them? Has everyone forgot that?" Angelica said.
"Angelica, shut up, this ain't the time," I said.
"I can't believe, Phil would just head off and not tell me, not tell anyone," Lil said.
"I no, but look, Phil and Dil must be with each other, they'll be fine," Kimi said.
"What if someone's kidnapped them?" Chuckie said, I gave him a bad look, telling him to shut up.
"This is Dil's fault, Phil was fine until he started messing with my brother's brain," Lil said, finding someone to blame.
"Hey! This is not my cousin's fault!" Angelica yelled. She sat herself back down after that little uproar. This must have been getting at her too. It was only the other day she told me she liked Phil, now he's run away.
"I wonder where they are, I wonder what trouble they're in, what if they're hurt, oh god I bet there's something wrong right now!" Lil spoke.
"Shut up! Get a grip, they're fine." Angelica yelled, then pushed her tray of food away and got up to leave. I would have let her go right ahead. Only she seemed a bit too certain that her cousin and Phil were okay.
Angelica started walking across the lunchroom when I got up to follow.
"Don't bother, she's got an attitude problem," Kimi said as I pursued her but I ignored it.
"What was that supposed to mean?" I asked when I was close enough to whisper.
"Huh?" Angelica said as she tried to escape.
"How do you know they're fine?" I asked.
"Err…err...I don't I was Lil," Angelica said stumbling over her words.
"You sound too certain, do you know something we don't?" I asked as we entered the corridor outside the lunchroom.
"No," she replied trying to sound like I was wrong, but I understand Angelica and there was something deffinatly up.
"Whatever you know, you've got to tell me!" I yelled.
"No, no way! You just want to know for yourself so you can be the hero and get them to come home. No way!" Angelica yelled back as she stormed off.
"So, you admit you know something then," I said running after her in the almost empty hallway. She seemed to slow down a second, but then took off even faster.
I slowed down until I was standing still I was suddenly smiled. Even if Angelica hadn't told me directly what she knew, I knew she knew something.