"And why may I ask are you not in your uniform?" Gilbert asked his daughter as she walked into the kitchen wearing her grey hoody and skinny jeans.
"Well you see the only lesson I have this morning has been cancelled which is History because Mr. Harrison is on a course and so I don't have any lessons apart from Law which is this afternoon and so I do not have to be in until half past one which works fine with me," she told her father as she buttered herself some toast.
"I forgot Martin was on a course," Gilbert opened his paper and began to read the first page as he reached for his tea.
"And what do you intend to do this morning?" he asked Emma.
"I'm off to Simon's, I got this book out the library for him and he wants it for today," she replied and Gilbert raised a brow.
"Oh really? Shouldn't you do some studying?" Emma took a large bite of toast and shrugged.
"I know what I'm doing dad. I don't need to study much yet anyway," she replied and her father sipped at his tea before placing his cup into the dishwasher and putting on the grey jacket he nearly always wore.
"Well I'm off now but if Cooper tries any funny business..." her father warned and Emma had to be careful not to spit out her toast.
"Dad! No. Just no. Oh God I think I'm ill now," Emma told him and he rolled his eyes.
"You're one girl in a group of four teenage boys Emma," he picked up his briefcase and Emma did place her toast down onto the wooden table.
"No...don't go there. I am not even listening," she looked him in the eye and Gilbert sighed.
"Fine. I will see you tonight."
"Yep goodbye," she said and he began to make his way towards the front door.
...
"Good morning Mrs Cooper," Emma smiled when Simon's mother opened up the door.
"Good morning Emma...oh and hello Will," she said and Emma turned around to see Will come walking down the driveway.
"Oh, hey Em, Will," Simon appeared behind his mother and she then frowned and looked towards Simon who lifted his hands up in defence.
"What?"
"Why are none of you in uniform?" his mother asked him and then Emma noticed that Will and Simon were indeed in normal clothes.
"Well I am not in until this afternoon Mrs Cooper, my lessons have been cancelled," Emma said as Mrs Cooper allowed her to pass into the hallway and then Simon's little brother came running into the hallway.
"It's a non uniform day" Simon lied.
"No it's not," his brother skipped out to the car in the driveway.
"Yes it is you little shit! For years twelve and thirteen!" Simon shouted as his brother stuck his middle finger up at him.
"Simon if you're lying to me..." his mother threatened him.
"I'm not! It's a bloody non uniform day," Simon almost yelled at his mother and she then turned to Will who nodded sadly to agree with Simon. Mrs Cooper than turned to the door and slammed it on her way out.
"And why, may I ask, did you lie to your own mother?" Emma asked as the two boys smiled and began to walk into the kitchen
"We're bunking off today, what's your excuse for not being in school?" Simon began to pick up the phone.
"I actually don't have any lessons this morning. My History teacher is on a course so I just have Law this afternoon at half one. And may I ask why are you bunking off?" Emma folded her arms across her chest.
"We feel like it," Will shrugged.
"Oh what a wonderful reason that is," Emma clapped sarcastically..
"Well don't go telling your father about this anyway," Simon said and then he picked the phone up and began to put on his mother's voice. Will and Emma leant against the island counter in awe as they watched Simon's face go red as he talked like his mother. Eventually he hung up.
"I think Gilbert bought it," Simon said as he stared at the phone in disbelief.
"You called the school pretending to be your mother. I don't think he bought it," Will spoke.
"You're all mad. I assume Jay and Neil are involved in this?" Emma asked.
"You assume correct. Come on Will, we'll find you an outfit."
...
"You don't have to come with us you know," Simon told her as they approached Neil and Jay who were sat on a wall near the small row of shops.
"Oh no. I have nothing better to do with my time," she told him and Neil and Jay suddenly burst out laughing.
"You been taking dress ideas from Neil's dad?" Jay asked and Emma snorted.
"Oi, my dad's not bent," Neil defended.
"He is a little," Simon said as Will began to hold his hand out
"Money if you will," he spoke and each of the lads handed him a twenty pound note before he stalked off into the shop.
"He does look like a tit though," Jay commented.
"He's wearing my dad's suit," Simon told him.
"Makes sense. How come Miss prim and proper is here then? Don't you have studying to be done?" Jay asked sarcastically as Neil laughed next to him.
"Hilarious. My History lesson is cancelled so I get the morning of legally," Emma told him and he rolled his eyes.
"Whatever. Just think when you're back in college we will be having a good time getting pissed out our faces," Jay said and Simon smiled.
"Apart from the fact that there will be just you Neil, Simon and Will. Party and a half that one," Emma said ironically.
"Think what you want. We're going to have a better time than you."
"I can imagine. Where are you going to drink that stuff?" Emma asked.
"We're off back to mine," Neil piped up. "Come if you want for a while."
"Thanks Neil. I will do until I do the right thing and go back for Law," Emma said and Neil nodded.
...
They were all shocked that Will had done it. He had managed to get alcohol. Emma sat on the sofa next to Simon as she watched them all stand up and down another shot.
"I know this right fit prostitute...you up for a threesome?" Jay slurred as he leant over Simon and looked at Emma who rolled her eyes in disgust.
"Funnily enough I am alright thanks very much though Jay," Emma said and Jay shrugged.
"Be that way...it is a once in a lifetime opportunity," he said and this time Emma did laugh loudly.
"Don't be stupid. She likes Andrew...the guy in her Law class...she would do him easy" Simon piped up.
"You can tell by how she looks at him," Neil spoke.
"Would you leave this topic alone? Andrew is a nice guy," Emma said.
"It's like me and Carli," Simon looked into Emma's eyes.
"You mean it's like a nonexistent relationship?" Jay wondered.
"No...just when you look at them your heart speeds up...you wish you could be with them forever...you love them," Simon gushed.
"Is he gay?" Will asked.
"Probably," Neil agreed.
"No...I'm not. I love her...I love Carli."
"Neil!" A sudden voice yelled and they turned to the door to see Mr Sutherland stood at the doorway.
"Drinking when you're supposed to be at school? It's disgraceful."
"Oh shut up!" Will shouted and Emma looked at him with wide eyes.
"I beg your pardon? What did you just say to me?" Mr Sutherland looked offended.
"Oh I'm sorry. Shut up please," Will replied.
"Oh God," Emma groaned.
"I thought you had a better tongue than that William," Neil's father condemned Will whilst Neil cringed into the chair he was sat in.
"You'd like my tongue wouldn't you? Right around your bell end?" Will exasperated.
"Now excuse me Will..." he began.
"Oh shut up you bumder!"
...
"You just called someone a bumder Will. It's not even a word," Emma told him as she walked along the road with Will, Simon and Jay. Neil had stayed behind with his father after the shame which Will had brought into his house.
"I don't know why I did it. I feel like such a tit," he complained and Emma laughed.
"You looked like one" she agreed and checked her watch.
"Time for school Emma?" Jay smirked as he noticed her check her watch
"Yep, unlike you, I don't feel like bunking off Jay," she said and bid them farewell.
...
"I haven't seen you today," Andrew smiled at her as Emma took a seat next to him in Law.
"I didn't have any lessons this morning so I didn't come in until now," she told him and he grinned at her lopsidedly. She felt her heart race as she saw him do it and then there conversation was cut short when the teacher walked in. Halfway through the lesson Gilbert entered the room and with two words he had Emma outside in the corridor.
"You said you went around to Cooper's this morning," he stated.
"I did," she agreed.
"Seems that Cooper phoned in sick today...funny thing was he pretended to have a woman's voice. Know anything about this Emma?" he raised a brow and she sighed. She knew she would have to tell him all that she knew.
"Simon, Will, Neil and Jay have had today off. They decided to bunk off and I was with them this morning telling them it was stupid but they didn't listen and now they're all completely wasted and God know what they're going to do," she told her father who nodded.
"Thank you for your honesty Emma. Now back to class," he dismissed her and she left without another word, mainly because she didn't want to get into trouble with her father when she could see how angry he was. She resumed her seat next to Andrew
"What did he want?" he whispered as they began copying from the board.
"He wanted to know where Simon, Neil, Will and Jay were," she replied.
"And where are they?" he wondered.
"Bunking off," she told him and he grinned.
"Seems unlikely for them," he commented.
"Nothing is unlikely for them when you get to know them," Emma retorted and continued writing in silence. Andrew pushed his blonde hair to the side and did the same, but every so often he kept on glancing to his side.
...
"You vomited over her brother?" Emma checked when Simon had sat down in the common room the next morning after bunking off.
"I didn't mean to," he replied.
"Well it would have been odd if you had meant to," Emma said and Simon smiled nastily before rubbing his forehead. Neil, Jay and Will all grinned at the story before they saw Gilbert walk in.
"Right, well, I'm off to History," Emma stood up and grabbed her bag before her father vented his anger on her friends.
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