Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land

Author:Ali Land [Land, Ali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781405923934
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2017-01-12T00:00:00+00:00

20

After school yesterday Mike told me he’d booked us two nights at a hotel, a place called Tetbury. We’re going on Monday. He mentioned he’d like to catch up with me, about Miss Kemp, but it could wait until the weekend.

Phoebe and I are about to leave for Matty’s party, the same one Joe mentioned on the bus. Mike agreed to let Phoebe go on the condition she took me too, plus, he added, if you go together, I’ll let you walk home on your own. You wouldn’t want me turning up at his door now, would you? Before we leave he reminds us our curfew is midnight, no later, and no drinking, okay?

‘Yes, Dad, okay.’

Phoebe calls Izzy as soon as we leave the house, says it’s a bummer she can’t come, how much longer does she think she’ll be grounded for. Izzy’s reply makes her laugh and before she hangs up she says, don’t worry, beatch, I’ll tell you all about it tomorrow. Poor Izzy, she must have been delighted when Prof West returned her make-up bag, but not so when she realized he’d seen the cigarettes inside. No room to wriggle out of that one, her name written in Tipp-Ex on the bottom of the bag, left slightly open on Prof West’s desk when his room was empty, all the hearts tidied away.

We arrive at another large white house and Phoebe rings the doorbell. A boy answers, tall, six foot, maybe more. He smiles when he sees who it is and says, ‘Party is on.’

He holds out his hand to me.

‘Matty.’

I shake it and say, hi, I’m Milly. I feel sick as he pulls open the door for us to walk in, music spills from the living room and as we enter I notice a table on the left. Bottles of spirits, a large glass bowl, some kind of punch.

‘It’s hardly very Halloween in here, is it, Matty?’

‘Fuck off, Phoebs, my folks only left a couple of hours ago, they made me and Thom promise not to have any parties while they’re away. Anyway, you’re gross enough for ten Halloweens, no décor required.’

He ends his sentence with a ghoulish ‘bahahaha’ laugh.

‘Shut up and get me a drink. So Thom’s back from uni then?’

‘Yep, supposed to be in charge but fucked off to catch up with his mates as soon as Mum and Dad left.’

‘Is he coming back?’

‘I see somebody’s still got a crush on my bro then.’

‘Hardly, just being friendly, that’s all. Anyway, I like someone else.’

‘Who?’

‘Just some guy I met over the summer, he doesn’t live in London though.’

‘AKA doesn’t exist, you mean. Here, I’ve made you a voddy.’

She takes the plastic tumbler from him, sinks into a sofa beside two girls I’ve never seen before, starts chatting to them.

‘Would you like a drink?’ he asks.

I say yes please because everybody else is holding one. I won’t drink it though, wits, about me. I take a seat in the corner after he gives it to me. More and more people arrive.

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