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Chapter 5

Rachel's POV

I was walking down the street with my good friend Francine, or Fanny she prefers. It was a Monday morning so we were heading to school while trying to carry our heavy bags on our backs without collapsing from exhaustion. Honestly how much books do we need for school?

"So how was the date?" She asked giving me a shifty eyed look.

"It was… fun." I replied slyly.

"Ooh how fun?" She grinned evilly. "You actually…?"

"No." I replied quickly.

"Why not?"

"I dunno… he just didn't want to…"

"Ya guys have been going out for two years and no action? How do you hold on for so long?"

I smirked. "Yeah… but he did say his parents are away for the weekend and we'll have the whole house to ourselves…"

Fanny grinned from ear-to-ear and I mimicked her expression. We let a couple of giggles slip before falling silent.

"We're just a bunch of hormonal teenagers aren't we?" I asked.

"Yep." Fanny replied. "So what are ya going to tell ya parents about the weekend?"

I froze. I forgot about my parents. They might find it a bit suss that I'll be gone for two days.

"I'll just tell them I'm sleeping over your place." I suggested.

Fanny shook her head. "What if ya mum calls me mum?"

"Make a doll that looks like me. Geez we have the technology to do so!"

"Shh!" She hissed waving a hand across my face. "There could be enemies around ya know."

I mentally slapped myself. I was supreme leader and I nearly let our secrets slip. How could I be so naïve?

Once we reached the school I spotted Patton waiting by the gates. I ran to him and flung my arms around him, giving him a passionate kiss.

"Well good morning." He said as we broke the kiss. He looked past me and raised a hand. I turned to see Fanny waving back at him. I gave him a confused look.

"Just saying hi to a workmate." He said mockingly. He pecked me on the lips and put his arms around my shoulders and together we walked into the school building.

Yet I couldn't help but feel a tad bit suspicious, but it's probably nothing.

Patton and I made our way to art after putting our books in our locker. I felt a tap on my shoulder so I turned to see Hoagie with his hands on Fanny's shoulders. I felt some sort of relief in me. Something that said, "Thank god Fanny has a boyfriend… or you know…" and I thought that was really weird.

"Not thinking about going to art without us were you?" Asked Hoagie. Patton and I both smirked and gestured them to walk with us.

Once we entered the classroom we took our seats. This time they were in rows. Last week it was a square. I took a seat next to Virginia. Our teacher, miss Hath, glided into the room, the hem of her long skirt brushing gently against the floor.

"Good morning class!" She greeted in a shrill, cheerful voice. "And how are you?"

The class mumbled something in reply.

"We're going to work on our portraits today so everyone get your sketch books out."

I unzipped my bag and got out my pad and pencils. I turned to Virginia.

"Now hold still." I said.

"No problem." She smirked. I wanted to sketch Patton instead but Miss Hath chose our models. So Patton ended up with Fanny and I had to sketch Virginia. Not that's a bad thing, but I'd prefer it if I was sketching Patton… maybe that'd actually be a piece of artwork I'd keep.

"So what happened?" Virginia asked. "On your date?"

"Nothing much." I replied while outlining her hair on the paper. "Romantic picnic under the stars."

"Ooh." Then her eyes turned shifty. "How… 'romantic'?"

"Nothing happened." I replied glumly. "But Patton did say his parents are gone for the weekend… so the whole house is ours. We'll be all alone."

Virginia moved her eyebrows up and down a couple of times and I poked my tongue out playfully. I heard stifled laughter from behind me and turned. Fanny, Abby and Nigel held their hands to their mouths, trying to stop from bursting into fits of laughter. I frowned and they raised their hands to signify that they're good.

"You're just jealous because you're not getting some." I said snidely to Fanny. Her mouth turned into a big O and her eyebrows narrowed. Abby's expression read 'oh my god! Hahaha!' and Nigel tried so hard to act professional. Patton looked a bit uncomfortable though…

"Excuse me, if I wanted to, I'd get some."

Hoagie and shifted sheepishly in his chair and turned back to sketching Bartie. Fanny and me exchanged a smirk. This time I tried to stifle my laughter as I turned back to my sketchpad.

"Man you're bad." Virginia said.

"I know." I winked as I poked my tongue out.