Impressions
The rest of the week Phil and Sam avoided each other. Gone were the feelings of lust they had for each other, and they were replaced with hate and disgust. The more Phil saw of Sam the more he hated her. She was smart, a show-off, a goody too shoes, a snob, everything he hated in a woman. The more Sam looked at Phil the more he disgusted her. He was lazy, disrespectful, arrogant, everything she hated in the opposite sex. As you can see their feelings for each other were mutual, however there was still that spark between them. The one which was there, when they first met, and he caught her eye and she smiled at him, but they both pushed this away concentrating on their loathing of each other.
The rest of the gang felt uncomfortable with the atmosphere, but they all got on well with Sam and made her one of them, so despite the rift between her and Phil she was still welcome to the party on Friday. When Friday came, it was arranged that Sam would get ready at Ramani's and spend the night there. After school, Sam rushed home, jumped in the shower, packed her bag and headed back to Ramani's, which was just a bus ride away.
At Ramani's, Kerry and Honey were already there getting ready. Kerry was going with Smithy, Ramani with Terry and Honey with a guy in her year called Gary, who was smitten with her (though being a bit ditzy she hadn't picked up on it, even if everyone else had). Everyone had dates, even Sam as Mickey had agreed to accompany her, but this made everyone more nervous. Sam was going with Mickey, and Phil was bringing Cindy. Even if Sam and Phil couldn't feel it everyone else had noticed the tension and chemistry between them, and didn't want a scene. When Sam arrived they all acted normal, pushing aside their worries not realising she had similar ones.
Since being at Sun Hill, Sam had texted her best friend Jo, nearly everyday. Filling her in on her new friends, and the atmosphere between her and Phil. Despite Jo never seeing the two together, she'd sussed the situation, and told Sam it was probably because he fancied her and she'd rejected him. Sam dismissed this idea, but all the same, the thought of him seeing her with Mickey, and her seeing him with Cindy, unnerved her.
The girls helped Sam get ready. Ramani did her hair. Honey did her make-up, while Kerry picked her an outfit, from the selection of clothes she'd brought with her. They'd only known her a few days, and only Ramani had seen her in her home environment, but all three of them were shocked at some of the clothes she had with her. They expected her to have formal, stuffy things, not the sexy items she did have. Even Kerry, who was wearing a short skirt and a skimpy top, was shocked. In the end Sam wore, a clingy mini dress, which had, part the back missing. As Kerry said 'Everything else wasn't suitable'. In reality she just didn't Smithy looking at any one but her. When they were all ready they made there way to the party where they were meeting with the guys.