Guardians of the Wild Unicorns by Lindsay Littleson

Author:Lindsay Littleson [Lindsay Littleson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781782505723
Publisher: Floris Books
Published: 2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00

16

Lewis

In the early morning Lewis was woken by Max, banging on the door.

“Time to get up, lads! Exciting day ahead!”

Exciting didn’t exactly cover it. Terrifying… dangerous… life-threatening…

In the harsh light of day it seemed as if he’d taken on too big a challenge. He pulled the duvet over his head.

Then he felt the duvet being tugged upwards, a blast of cold air. His roommate Kyle was standing by the bed, his face screwed up with anger. He shouted, right in Lewis’s face, “Get up, will you! We’ll lose points to the girls if your bed isn’t made.”

Kyle whipped Lewis’s pillow from under his head. Lewis grabbed it back, so fast the pillowcase fabric ripped. He tucked it back under his head. “Um, who cares about stupid points?”

“Come on! Be fair. Why do you have to be like this?” Kyle snatched at the duvet and pulled it right off the bed.

Angry now, Lewis tried to retrieve his covers, but Kyle called for reinforcements and his mates Ben and Tariq rushed over. Tariq grabbed the back of Lewis’s T-shirt and started to haul him from the bed while he wriggled and struggled. Ben and Kyle took a leg each, dragged him off the bed and plonked him down on the floor.

Kyle looked down at Lewis, his lip curled, trying to look tough. “We care, loser.”

“Yes, and that’s entirely up to you,” said Lewis, sitting up, trying to maintain his dignity. “But I’m not interested in your petty point-scoring. It’s totally lame.”

The three boys circled him. Kyle looked like he’d happily murder him, but Tariq just looked baffled.

“I don’t get it,” he said, running a hand through his tousled hair. “Why do you always want to ruin things for everyone? What the heck is wrong with you, Lewis?”

Lewis scrambled to his feet, held up his hands. “Um, overreaction here, guys?”

Kyle threw the pillow at him and it bounced off his head.

“Oi, that’s enough.”

They all spun round. Mr Deacon was standing in the doorway. Derek McIvor was behind him, shuffling anxiously from foot to foot. Lewis realised he’d been rescued by Derek the Dweeb.

“Look at the state of this place,” said Mr Deacon. “Put that bedding back. Lewis, get dressed.”

“That was always the plan,” grumbled Lewis. “I was just waiting for this lot to back off.”

“Right now, Lewis!”

Despite being chilled to the bone in his T-shirt and boxers, he took his time in getting dressed and wandered down to the breakfast room a good five minutes after everyone else. He didn’t want them to think they’d won. Rhona waved at him, gestured towards a chair. He sat down, still seething.

“You’d think group points were life and death, the way they carry on.”

Rhona shot him a look. “Have you been annoying the other lads again?” she sighed. “Why don’t you just play along, Lewis?”

“I prefer to do my own thing. What’s so wrong with that, eh?”

Rhona clicked her tongue. “It doesn’t hurt to think of other people sometimes.”

“Good news, kids!” Scott stood up, smiling his toothpaste-advert smile.

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