Thirty nine

Danny: Blake Stuart

Kenickie: Rick Barber

Sonny: Joshua Thomas

Doody: Liam West

Putzie: Greg Richards

Class extras: Frank Matthews, Liam Richards, Jade Mahony, Lily Priscel.

Jessie stared at the page in shock. There is was in black and white, proof she could actually sing and act. Her name as the main character. And Lori relegated to one of the least popular pink ladies. Jessie could almost cry with laughter at that thought if she wasn't still in shock. Blake was in much the same state as Jessie. He couldn't believe he'd got the main role either. Everyone else was content with their role in the show. Rick was glancing at Blake warily. He was worried that performing Grease with Jessie may give him more ideas like the one two nights ago, but Blake seemed uninterested in that.

At that moment Lori came up the corridor and everything went silent. Everyone knew she didn't have the role but she still had to find out and when she did... well everyone wanted to see her reaction. The Elm Tree kids stepped away from the notice board and Jessie hide herself as much as possible behind Rick and Josh. Lori stopped in front of them and looked at the board. There was silence.

"What!" she screeched. She swung round. She glared at the Elm Tree kids who all just smiled weakly. She pulled an irritated face. "Oh for goodness sake, MOVE out the way! I need to talk to her," Lori demanded. No-one moved so she pushed past the two boys and saw Jessie with her back up against the wall, looking at the ground. "YOU COW!" she shouted. "You stole my role and now I'm relegated to bottom of the pink ladies! This is all your fault!" She grabbed Jessie's school collar and pushed her further into the wall. Jessie had her head pushed against the wall by now. Lori then tugged at her collar, dragging her away from the wall and halfway down the corridor before slamming her against a school locker and making sure Jessie hit her head.

Jessie felt blood trickling from a cut in her head as she slipped into unconscious. She was aware of Josh prising Lori off her but with nothing supporting her upright, Jessie slipped to the floor.

Josh's POV

I watched in horror as Lori grabbed Jessie. I grabbed her arm and tried to stop her from pushing her against the wall. This was my sister being injured after all. She shrugged me off as she dragged Jessie further down the corridor. I ran after her especially when she slammed her head against the locker. I couldn't see the blood but I could smell it and it made my stomach turn. I grabbed Lori from behind and pulled her hands off Jessie's collar. She kicked out at me and I just pulled her further away. I watched as Jessie slid down the length of the locker and onto the floor. I kept dragging Lori away as Blake and Rick both ran over to help Jessie. Elektra ran down the corridor and into the nearest classroom which happened to be our form room and got Mr Crowhurst to help. He took Lori of me and led her down the corridor to Mrs Jones who was coming down the corridor. She kept a hold on Lori while Mr Crowhurst and I ran back over to help Jessie. "is she going to be ok?" I asked, terrified for her.

No-one's POV

Jessie opened her eyes and found herself looking up at the concerned faces of her friends. She was laying on the floor where she had collapsed. She could hear Lori, screaming at a teacher somewhere behind everyone else. Jessie sat up and felt hands push her back down. Jessie looked at Mr Crowhurst. "You've hit your head Jessie, just stay where you are," he told her gently. She nodded and lay back down. The school nurse came running up. She could hear the clicking of her heels on the corridor. She did some tests to make sure Jessie was alright to go to class. Once she was deemed fit, Jessie sat up and followed her form back to their classroom. She sat in her chair next to Sophie, she could feel the dried blood on her head. Jessie noticed Lori wasn't in the room.

"Well then 11J as most of you will have seen the cast list for Grease has gone up and our Sandy is Jessie this year," Mr Crowhurst said as the whole class cheered. "And Lori is having her role in the show taken off her for beating up Jessie," he added as an afterthought. The class cheered even louder. They had all been worried for Jessie and no-one particularly like Lori.

Jessie thought about this. Yes, Lori had hurt her but she'd been upset, did it really make it fair to take her role of her? A part of her thought it did as she was injured and had been unconscious another part thought that Lori should be given another chance, or at least a chance to redeem herself. She was about to say something as Lori walked back into class. Her face was streaked with tears and she looked extremely upset. She walked up to Jessie. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have lost my temper like that," Lori apologised holding Jessie's eye line. Jessie smiled at her.

"it's ok Lori. I forgive you," she said cheerfully. She heard some people sigh exasperated at her actions but Jessie thought about it. What Lori had done was no worse than what happened at Elm tree most nights and Jessie always forgave people then.

Rick leant forward over his desk. "Why?" he asked gently.

Jessie shrugged. "I don't know, but I know she just lost her temper, like Blake does, like I do. It's a normal reaction," she replied calmly.

A/N: I love Jessie, she is so forgiving. Josh got all protective in this chapter which I think is good to see as we have seen Jessie defend Josh so it's about time he returned the favour. Indigo :)