"So where are they goin today?" Jamie asked me as we walked through the school gate, our arms linked together "Duno, some prison to turn 'em into good boys" I replied shrugging, she scoffed "Your brother? A good boy? That'll be the day" she said chuckling, I rolled my eyes and spotted the boys round back "Alright sis" Bolton said in greeting, I nodded and looked at the others, they were all eyeing up me and Jamie "Oi" I said getting their attention, I shook my head in amusement and turned to Bolton "You seem 'appy, what did yah do now?"
I asked crossing my arms, he shrugged "Nothin bad" he replied, I gave him a look "Bolton, to you theft isn't bad now what did you do?" I asked getting annoyed, he smirked "Nothin bad, I swear it" he said crossing his heart, I nodded skeptically and noticed Jamie was flirting with Dom "Looks like she's 'avin fun"
Paul said from Bolton's right, I nodded and sighed "Hmm, you goin to the prison too then?" I asked, he nodded "Yup" he replied, I took Jamie's hand and pulled her away "Oi" she exclaimed, I chuckled "Calm down Jame, he'll be back, by Bolton" I said walking past him "Later Langers" I said, he nodded and I carried on into the school.
I was on my way to the loo when I ran into Mr Wilding "KC can you do me a favor?" he asked, I shrugged "Duno sir, depends what it is" I said, he nodded "Your brother has locked me out of the mini van, I'm going to find Miss Mason, can you try and get the boys out of there?" he asked hopefully, I nodded and walked out front, I saw the van and found the boys inside laughing, I knocked on the window "Open the flaming door" I said, Paul rolled down the window and leaned out "Aright Kace?"
he asked, I nodded "Yeah I would be, but I got sent out here to try n get you gits out of the van" I replied in an annoyed tone "Sorry, he did give us the keys though" Bolton said from behind him "Really? Oh c'mon anyone in this school know's that you don't give keys to Bolton" I said, Paul nodded in agreement and leaned out a little "You look gorgeous" he whispered, I smiled and bit my lip "You been sayin that for a week Langers" I said, he shrugged
"True ain't it?" he said, I giggled "You know what's mean?" I asked leaning my arms up on the windowsill so we were closer "What?" he asked "The fact that all us kids 'ave gotta stay here doin the mocks, and you boys are goin to some scrummy prison" I said, he chuckled and Bolton pulled him in "Watch it man, my sister" he said half playful and half serious, Bolton took Paul's place on the window
"What did I tell you about flirtin with Paul?" he asked, I sighed "Bolt it's just a bit of 'armless flirtin, how bad can it be?" I asked shrugging, he nodded and I looked around "Man where's Mr Wilding, if he don't get back soon Koreshi's gonna think I done a runner" I said nervously, Bolton chuckled "Nah don't worry about it sis, side's I'm goin to dad's old prison today, it's gonna be a blast"
he said excitedly, I nodded "I miss him Bolt" I said, he nodded and hugged me through the window, I heard footsteps and I looked to see Mason and Wilding coming "Oh it could have been worse, they could have taken off, after all they do have the keys" she said pulling out her own set of keys, I stood back and let her open the door "Thank god for the spare set eh?"
she asked "Sorry sir, they wouldn't open the door" I said putting on my best fake cute voice, he nodded and Mason opened the door "Out" she said, the boys got out while laughing "I said get out" she said louder, they all got out and stood in a line "Do you think it's funny?" she asked in a serious voice "We were laughing" Bolton replied "Well I'm not" she said causing them all to stop laughing "Do you know what everyone in the staff room said when you were visiting the prison? They said 'best place for them' and not even before we leave the school you are proving them right"
she said "Fine" Bolton said walking away "Where are you going?" Mason asked, he turned around "Home, no point me bein 'ere if you think I'm just a waste of space eh lads?" Bolton said, the boys nodded in agreement "Your absolutely right, there's no point you being here unless you're willing to change your behavior" Mason said standing in front of him "That's what I keep saying" Bolton said shrugging "Bolton…" I started while sighing
"No KC it's alright. I'll make your brother a deal" she said getting Bolton's attention "I'm listenin" he said boredly "You can drop out, but only after you've been on this trip, and if you still think school's a waste of your time after that, then I'm off your case, I that a deal?" she asked, Bolton was smirking and I was worried "Deal" he said "Get in then, all of you get back in" Mason said, Bolton tossed Wilding the keys "Miss can I speak to Paul a second?" I asked hopefully,
she looked hesitant "Just for a second, please" I begged, she nodded and motioned Paul to come with me, I led him around back "Keep an eye on him for me please, he can get really big headed sometimes. And his showing off can get him killed" I said, he nodded and took both my hands "Aright, and what do I get?" he asked smirking cockily, I clicked my tongue "This" I said leaning in, I pecked him on the lips and pulled away quickly "Oh c'mon" he said as I walked back
"You'll get more if you keep an eye on him" I promised, he nodded and jumped into the van "Thanks KC you can go back to class now" Mason said, I nodded and went back to registration.
I was sat at my desk waiting for Mr Clarkson to give the okay sign to start the mock, I was quite worried even though they weren't the real thing, because if I got ill on the real ones, then my marc would be taken from the mc, so I was determent to get a good marc on these "And you may begin" he said looking at his watch, I pulled the lid of my pen and stuck it on the back before turning to my work "Good luck" he added, I sighed and pulled my hair back into a low loose bun so it wouldn't get in my way.
"Right, well done everybody, put your pens down leave your papers on the desk and off you go" Clarkson said, I took out my hair and brushed it out with my fingers, the mock was quite easy considering how nervous I was, but I think I did pretty well on it "Don't look so worried" Clarkson said as I left the classroom, the first thing I did was grab my bag, I took out my phone and dialed Bolton's number….
"Hello?"
"Heyya Bolt, it's KC"
"Oh yeah, how's it goin sis?"
"Fine, just finished the mock, how's prison?"
"Were bein searched so we ain't really in yet, reckon it will be a blast"
"Don't mess about Bolt your there for a reason"
"Yeah I know don't remind me"
"Kay well I gotta go before someone takes my phone"
"Aright me too, I won't be able to pick up the phone, we ain't aloud in with anything, I'll ring you when we get out yeah?"
"Uh yeah, Bye Bolt, and be good"
"Yeah yeah, bye Kace"
I hung up the phone and sighed, I really did wish that he would change, but he wouldn't be my brother unless he caused trouble, besides I'll love him no matter how he is, within reason anyway, I was sat on the front steps of the school munching on a cookie I bought this morning "How's it goin Smilie?"Jamie asked plonking herself next to me, I shrugged "It's alright, worried about me brother" I replied after swallowing a chunk of cookie "He's probably fine" she said reassuringly,
I nodded "True, thing is though right, he talks about prison like it's a flaming 'otel, just cuz our dad's in prison doesn't mean it's the best thing ever" I said annoyed "Maybe goin on the trip he'll change his mind" she suggested, I scoffed "Yeah course, he's probably 'avin a field day" I replied, she nodded "So, what's you dad in for exactly?" she asked, I shrugged again
"I don't know, mum won't tell us, said it was somethin real bad though, I know he's a bad guy an all, but he used to be a good dad sometimes" I said "Really?" she asked slightly surprised "Yeah, Bolton think's the world of him, want's 'im home" I said in thought "And what do you want?" Jamie asked, no one had really asked me that before "I don't know, I wanna know what he did that got 'im in prison first, then I can judge" I replied finishing off my cookie.
Later on I was waiting for the boys to come back, I felt something vibrate in my pocket and I looked at the ID, it was Paul
"Heya Langers"
"Aright Gorgeous"
"How was prison?"
"Really good, yah know what? It wasn't even a real prison, just a bunch of actors, really good one's"
"Your jokin"
"Nah I swear, Mr Wilding got knocked out, only he didn't, it was scary"
"Aw babes"
"I know right, Bolton would've called but he's in a bit of a mood"
"Why?"
"They gave 'im fake drugs, an then put 'im in a cell, he's a bit moody cuz he didn't know it was all an act I guess"
"Yeah well good,I 'ope he feels stupid"
"Probably"
"You on your way back now yeah?"
"Yep, just left the prison, see you in a bit"
"Bye Langers"
I hung up the phone and laughed to myself at Bolton's luck, they probably showed him up really bad, it wasn't long before I saw the familiar blue mini van pull in, the first one out was Paul "Ello stranger" he said hugging me, I chuckled "Heya, heard you 'ad a good time" I said, he nodded but rolled his eyes "Yeah I guess so" he replied, I noticed Bolton get out of the back aswell "Lookin good Kace" Dom said, I rolled my eyes at him "What? Paul gets a hug but I don't?"
he asked, I grabbed him by the shirt and hugged him, I felt his hands getting lower and I pulled away "Oi, no touchy" I said shaking a finger back and forth "Worth a try" he said shrugging "I'll see you tomorrow boys" Mason said "See you round, not" Bolton said, the rest of the boys headed for the school and I waited with Mason and Bolton "Wait, before you sod off I wanna show you something" she said "I knew there'd be a catch"
Bolton said annoyed "No, no catch, just wanna show you a DVD" she said, he nodded and headed for the school "So how was prison?" I asked him, he shrugged "Not too bad Kace" he replied, I inwardly sighed at the cool boy act he kept up but I knew he would never change "Yeah suppose I better revise yeah?"
Paul said to Lawson "Really?" he asked in disbelief "Yeah yeah" Paul replied shrugging as though it was normal "Wow, revisin, never thought I'd see the day where Paul Langley would revise for a mock exam" I said linking my arm through his "Yeah, even though it was fake it kind of makes you miss school" he said, my eyes widened "Wow, now I've heard everythin" I said shaking my head, he took my shoulders and pushed me against the wall, I laughed
"Now don't go tellin people I just said that, I have a rep to keep yah know" he said seriously, even though he was slightly laughing, I nodded "Okay, I promise I'll keep it to myself" I said through giggles, he nodded and started chuckling "Why are you laughing so much?" he asked, I shook my head "I 'ave no idea" I said throwing my arms around his neck, I laughed into his jacket "You are so random" he said rubbing my back, I finally composed myself and pulled away slightly,
he looked down and started playing with the frills on my skirt "Nice skirt, new?" he asked, I nodded "It's really short" he said chuckling nervously, I nodded and kept my focus on him, while his focus was on my skirt "Paul?" I asked, he broke the stare on my skirt and turned to me "You can touch if you want" I said, his hand stopped playing with my skirt and rested on my butt "Thank god you said that"
he said squeezing, I bit my lip hard "Were in school" I said nervously, he nodded and pulled away "Alright, but we will finish" he said pointing, I nodded and he walked down the hall "KC" I jumped about five foot in the air and turned to see Bolton "Flamin 'ell Bolton are you tryna give me a heart attack?" I snapped, he rolled his eyes "Come on" he said holding out his hand, I gave him a confused look but took it anyway.
He pulled me to the canteen and round back where mum was "You alright mum?" he asked, she paused in her cleaning "How'd it go?" she asked, he shrugged "And you're okay?" she asked confused "Course I am" he said quietly "Good" she said going back to cleaning "Mum" he said "Yeah?" she asked still scrubbing "Where's dad?" he asked after a while, Mum stopped cleaning "Mum'
he said again , she sighed "I don't know son, and I don't wanna know" she replied, I took a deep breath "I uh, I didn't wanna spend the rest of me life bein hit" she said, I covered my mouth and a tear fell down my cheek "Why didn't yah tell us?" Bolton asked "Because I knew you really loved 'im and, I didn't wanna spoil it" she said through tears, I saw one slide down Bolton's cheek too "I mean, I if you wanna find 'im…"
"No" Bolton said cutting her off "We don't need 'im" he said wiping away the cheek "Oh come 'ere" she said pulling us into a hug, Bolton hugged back for a second "Now get off" he said pulling away, I chuckled and so did mum "Get lost" she said amused "See yah later" he said walking away "Bye mum" I said waving a little, she nodded and I left the canteen.
After parents evening Mason walked up to us holding a DVD "Bolton, got something for you" she said showing him the DVD "Thought you would wanna keep it just in case" he said "I don't think I'll need it will I?" she asked "Nope" Bolton said taking the DVD from her "What is it?" Mum asked as he put it in his coat pocket "Nutin" he said smirking "C'mon bro what is it?" I asked, he shook his head "Not tellin yah KC" he said, I rolled my eyes and we walked to the car.