In the Deep End by Pam Harvey

Author:Pam Harvey [Harvey, Pam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780730401452
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Teasdale Secondary School: Thursday morning

It was easy for Hannah to sit near Dave Kelly at school—he was in most of her classes. It was different with Andrea Simpson. Andrea was in the other form and Hannah only saw her in LOTE.

‘It’s okay,’ grumbled E.D., ‘I’ll watch her. She sits in front of me. In fact, I can’t see the board half the time because of her.’

‘That’s because you’re slouching in your chair,’ said Angus with a grin.

‘It’s just so boring,’ said E.D. ‘I can’t help slouching. I just seem to slide down in my seat without even noticing.’

‘And you fall asleep.’ Angus punched his friend in the arm.

‘I’m always tired,’ E.D. said. ‘I live a hard life.’

‘You?’ Angus laughed. ‘You’re not the one who gets up before sunrise to help train racehorses.’

‘You’re right on that. I’m the one who stays up late fixing cars!’

‘Alright, alright. I get it.’ Hannah stood up as the bell went. ‘You guys just watch Andrea and I’ll keep an eye on Dave.’

In Science, Hannah sat herself directly behind him. That was easy to do because, for the first time in his life, Dave sat in the front row. The class behaved themselves in Science because Mr Gibney was always doing experiments, some of which didn’t work so well. Most Science classes ended with some sort of bang and a lot of stuff spilt everywhere.

Mr Gibney stood in front of the class, looking even happier than usual. ‘Hello, troopers. Today I’ve got a tricky little experiment for you to do. And it means working out the correct formulae first before you go mixing it up. I’ll hand out the sheets now and let you have a look.’

Hannah watched Dave get his sheet. He bent his head over it and read it closely. Ha! thought Hannah. He probably doesn’t even understand it.

But Dave was the first one to start writing. Hannah looked at her sheet and chewed the end of her pencil. It was a simple chemical equation that Mr Gibney had given them, but Hannah knew that if it wasn’t worked out properly there’d be no chemical reaction and the mixture would look like water. If it was done right, the liquid should go a brilliant blue.

‘If you think you’re ready,’ said Mr Gibney, ‘choose a partner and start the experiment.’

Hannah finished her calculations and looked around the room for someone to partner. No one else had finished except Dave.

‘Hannah,’ said Mr Gibney, ‘go with Dave.’

‘But—’ Hannah started to protest then thought again. How better to watch Dave than to do an experiment with him? She left her seat and went over to him. ‘How did you go, Dave?’

Dave held out his sheet for Hannah to look at. She stared at it in surprise. In neat writing, with no cross-outs, he’d filled in the answers exactly the same as hers. Hannah looked at him closely and was surprised to see that Dave was smiling.

‘Didn’t expect that, did you?’ Dave said quietly. ‘Things have changed. Thought I was dumb, didn’t you?’

Hannah checked his paper again.

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