Chapter 3

Jodi: It was saturday. That meant one thing, detention. Both me and John had detention, along with Allison. It was 6.45am, we need to leave now to get to the school by 7. I walked into the lounge and to my surprise, dad was sat there. He can't have woken up already, he must have been there all night. Great.

I could have gone out through my window and avoided everything, but I needed to wake John. I walked as quietly as possible but unfortunately, dad was already awake.

"Where the fuck are you going this time in the morning?!" He shouted.

"School." I replied

"School? On a Saturday?" He started to laugh, "Wait a minute. Do you have detention? Again?!" He stood up. I didn't need to answer him, he knew.

"What did you do this time you retarded fuck?!" He screamed.

I knew there was no point in lying. "I um, I had dope, in my uh locker" I muttered.

He looked at me, lifted his hand and hit me right across my face. I spat blood out immediately. My face was throbbing. The anger I felt was unreal. I looked at him right in the eyes and punched him in the face. It wasn't a great punch, but it worked. I walked off and got John up. Then we left.

John: When Jodi woke me up it was 6:55am. At first I thought she had slept late, but then I saw her face. Her mouth was bleeding and her eye was slightly swollen. She explained everything while we walked to school. She stood up to our father, by herself. I was so proud of her, but so angered by my dad. He'd pay for this.

I made her show me her hand, it was definitely broken. I told her to go to the hospital but she refused.

Jodi: By the time we got to school it was almost 7:10am, Dick was late as well so for once we didn't get caught. The adrenaline was wearing off now and my hand and face were starting to hurt. I ignored the pain as best as I could and took a seat in the library. There was no one else there except Allison, she was always on time.

Mr Vernon noticed my face and asked about it. I had to tell him I walked into the door frame this morning. I could tell he didn't believe me but I doubt he really cared. He went on and gave us the usual speech and then left. He actually closed the door for once.

Andy: Claire and I walked quietly towards the back of the school. Why are we doing this?

Jodi: At around 10am, we heard a short, sharp knock from the towards the back of the library. I was nearly sleeping, but the knock made us all turn around. We heard it again so John went to have a look. Allison and I could hear the fire escape open and then we heard familiar voices. It was Andy! Oh, and Claire.

John: I can't believe my princess and Sporto practically broke into this shit hole to see us. Ha I've taught them well. I had to tell them what happened to Jodi and Claire said she knew a bit about first aid, so we've decided to sneak into the nurses office and see what we can do.

Andy: I hope we can find something for Jodi's hand. If I help her, maybe she'll start to like me a bit.

We took the side entrance out of the library as Vernon was sat by the main entrance. We snuck around the halls, peeping round each corner. Suddenly, we could hear footsteps behind us.

"Shit. Allison, you go back to the library and hide Claire outside. Sporto, you take Jodi to the nurses office" John said.

"How will we know when it's safe to come out?" Jodi asked what I was thinking.

"I'll let you know, trust me. Just listen out for me okay?" John turned down one corner, Allison and Claire turned down the other. So now it was just me and Jodi.

Jodi: Andy and I reached the nurses office and found some bandages. So now we just have to wait for John to come back. I don't think I've ever really been alone with Andy. We just stood around and talked, quietly. He was telling me about his wrestling match yesterday but I couldn't concentrate. I was just staring into his eyes. His big blue eyes.

Oh crap. He's noticed. He's stopped talking. Shit.

"Sorry." I said. He shook his head gently. "What?" I asked.

"You're beautiful." He whispered.

I could feel myself blushing. No boy had made me feel like this before, ever.

Before I could reply, he leaned in and kissed me. I pulled away. He looked embarrassed, I don't know why I did that. I pulled him back to me and kissed him.

Andy: I kissed her, and she pulled away. Great. I knew I shouldn't have done that. I was about to walk away when she pulled me back and kissed me. I pulled her body close to mine. She was shorter than me and had to stand on her toes to reach me. So I picked her up, cleared the nurses desk and put her to sit on it, all while still locked in a kiss. She ran her hands through my hair and it felt wonderful. I mean I've kissed plenty of other girls before, but this, this was different. It just felt right. Maybe this was the start of something. Oh God I hope so.

Jodi: We must have kissed for ages. We only stopped when we heard John and Dick shouting out in the hall. We couldn't make out what the were saying but we could tell they were getting closer.

"Quick. Get under the desk and climb out the window once we've gone" I said laughing. Andy clambered under it and only just fitted, he looked tiny.

"The things I do for you" he replied.

Just then Dick opened the door with John behind him. I explained that I needed bandages for my hand. So reluctantly, he bandaged my hand up with John. Then he practically dragged us back to the library, where Allison was sat waiting, alone.

Allison: After lunch, we heard another knock outside. We were confused at first; Andy and Claire had come back in. The only other person it could be is, Brian? It was him! I couldn't help but hug him when he came in, and awkwardly he hugged me back.

Claire: It was nice having everyone back together. John had managed to sneak into Vernon's office and get Jodi's bag of dope that he had confiscated. So we all sat together and smoked some, it was almost like that first Saturday that brought us all together.