Bad Girls by Jacqueline Wilson

Author:Jacqueline Wilson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Humorous Stories
ISBN: 9780307513717
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2009-04-21T18:30:00+00:00

“Can you hear a little gnat squeaking?” said Kim.

“What, that little flea that's just come out of the toilet?” said Sarah.

“She's a dirty little flea—she didn't even flush,” said Melanie.

I hadn't even used the toilet but they all made faces, and Kim held her nose.

I did run then. Crying. And they laughed a lot more.

I kept wanting to cry all afternoon at school. I peered desperately across the room at Arthur, but he wouldn't look at me. I scribbled a little note:

I folded it up and printed ARTHUR KING on the front. I tried to lean past Melanie to get the girl on the other side of her to pass it to Arthur. Melanie was too quick. She snatched the note and opened it up and read it. Then she passed it to Kim and Sarah. They were all grinning like anything. Kim wrinkled up her nose and made little snorty pig noises, pointing at me. Melanie and Sarah copied her.

I bent my head over my English exercises. I pressed on my pen so hard I broke the nib and I had to carry on with a blotchy ballpoint. A big tear splashed on the page, making the ink blur. There was another tear, and another, until my page was like a puddle. I felt I was drowning in my own deep blue sea. Kim and Melanie and Sarah snorted and snickered back in the shallows.

“Who's making that stupid snorting noise?” said Mrs. Stanley impatiently.

She looked around at us. I hunched up, scared she'd see my watery eyes. My nose was watery too, and I had to blow it.

“Its only Mandy, Mrs. Stanley, blowing her nose,” said Kim.

Melanie and Sarah laughed. Some of the others joined in too.

“Don't be so silly,” said Mrs. Stanley, sighing. “I think I'd better sober you all up. Get out your practice books. We'll have a little spelling test.”

There was a terrible groan. Most of the class looked at me as if it were somehow my fault.

Mrs. Stanley called out the words. They looked wrong no matter which way around I put the letters. We had to swap our papers with our next-door neighbor for marking. Melanie. We had to stay work partners even though she'd stopped being my friend and become my second-worst enemy. Mrs. Stanley wasn't the sort of teacher who would ever let you swap seats.

So I had to give my spelling paper to Melanie and she had to give me hers. She just held the very edge of my paper as if it were all dirty and germy, and she threw it quickly down on her desk. Kim and Sarah giggled appreciatively.

I only got twelve out of twenty. Melanie circled all my mistakes with red pen and made giant crosses. It was my worst test ever. Melanie got fourteen. Kim got eighteen. She was best in the class. She even beat Arthur.

We had to read our scores to Mrs. Stanley. She looked very surprised when I mumbled mine. I thought she might get cross, but she didn't say anything.

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