Girls Out Late by Jacqueline Wilson

Author:Jacqueline Wilson [Wilson, Jacqueline]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Ages 12 and up
ISBN: 9780307433466
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 1999-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

bad timing

I get to school very early. I wait for Magda. I wait for Nadine.

They don’t come in early. They’re both very late, after the bell. Nadine is very pale, with dark smudges under her eyes. Magda is flushed and jittery, hardly able to keep still. And she hasn’t done her maths homework, so we’re all in trouble.

There’s no way we can talk about yesterday evening under the watchful eye of Mrs. Henderson so I pass them both notes.

Nadine—what happened with you and Liam??? Tell me—in detail. Are you OK? You’re not cross with me, are you? Love Ellie X X X

Magda—what happened with you and Mr. Windsor??? Tell me—in detail. Are you OK? You’re not cross with me, are you? Love Ellie X X X

For five very long minutes I don’t think either of them is even going to bother to reply. Then Nadine starts a note in her Gothic script and Magda writes her little round scribble.

Ellie—I could kill you for ringing my mum like that! I am VERY CROSS with you. I don’t want to write stu f about Liam. It was so upsetting and horrible last night. I’ll tell you and Magda later. Love Nadine

Ellie—I had a terrible time making up excuses to my mum because you were daft enough to ring up. And I wasn’t in the mood. Don’t ask about me and Mr. Windsor. It was awful. I’ll tell you and Nad as soon as poss. Love Magda

I can’t wait to get them round by the Portakabins at break where we can be private.

“Magda! Nadine! What happened last night?”

“You tell first, Magda,” says Nadine.

“No. You tell,” says Magda.

“I had to go and talk to Liam,” Nadine starts.

She sees me shake my head. “Don’t look at me like that, Ellie. Honestly! You think I’m mad, don’t you?”

“Yes! She is, isn’t she, Magda?”

“I don’t know. Maybe I’m the mad one,” Magda mumbles.

“Well, I’m not mad,” says Nadine. “I don’t love Liam anymore. I hate him. All right, when I saw him outside school I couldn’t help feeling a bit funny, especially when I thought he was waiting for me. But then when I saw him with that Year Eight girl—she’s called Vicky and she’s so sad—I just felt boiling mad.”

“How dare he treat you like that, deliberately kissing that girl in front of you,” I say.

“How dare he treat her like that. She’s only just thirteen. He is so sick. He was thrilled, too, when I went storming up to him. He looked at me like, See, Nadine, look what you’re missing. It made me want to slap his stupid face. But I started talking to Vicky, telling her I needed to talk to her privately. She just thought I was making trouble, that I was jealous. Liam tried to make me clear off. But I just stood there in front of them, telling Vicky all this stuff about Liam and how he just uses girls. I came out with all these lovely secret romantic things he once said to me—and of course it turns out he’s said exactly the same things to her.

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