Never Evers by Lucy Ivison

Author:Lucy Ivison
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chicken House

Mouse was amazing. Properly amazing. Max had bustled us all the way to the back of the crowd, so we couldn’t see as clearly as I would’ve liked, but she definitely looked cooler and more at ease than the other two girls. They were properly posing and pouting and generally looking massively try-hard, but Mouse just kind of swayed elegantly, like she was in her own world. Like she didn’t even realize the crowd or the cameras were there.

Max stood next to me bad-mouthing Roland and the song he was prancing around to – which was a kind of cheesy, jittery Euro-disco, so sugary it almost set your teeth on edge – but I couldn’t take my eyes off Mouse. Even with her long hair in those weird bunches, she still looked so, so hot.

Once they’d finished filming, and she’d been taken back into one of the big white trailers, we all headed back down to the beginners’ slope, and the rest of the afternoon passed in a blur of constant falling over. By the time we got back to the hotel at five, we were all in so much pain we could barely walk.

‘How are we supposed to ice skate when we can’t even stand up?’ Toddy moaned, as he flopped down on to his bed.

‘We’re not gonna be ice skating, are we?’ said Max, rubbing his battered legs, while simultaneously checking himself out in the mirror. ‘We’ll be too busy getting off with girls to do any ice skating. Speaking of which, we need a game plan for tonight.’

Me and Toddy both groaned, but Max just carried on as if he hadn’t heard. ‘Jack, you go for Lauren. I’ll go for Scarlett, and, Toddy, that leaves you with Melody.’ He went and stood over Toddy, who was still sprawled out on his bed. ‘Now, listen, Toddy, because this is important. You have to actually speak to Melody, instead of doing what you normally do and just staring at your trainers.’

‘Whatever, Max,’ said Toddy drily. ‘Just because I’m not blessed with your incredible conversational skills.’ He was trying to make a joke of it, but I could tell he was nervous about having to hang out with Lauren and that lot. I was nervous, too. Something about those girls just encouraged nervousness.

‘Yeah, Max, can you chill out with the game plan stuff?’ I said, shooting Toddy what I hoped was a supportive grin. ‘Let’s just go there and see what happens.’

Max frowned. ‘No, Jack, we need a game plan. Because if Toddy doesn’t chat to Melody, then Lauren and Scarlett will feel bad about leaving her out, so they’ll chat to her instead. And if they’re chatting to her, that means they can’t get off with me and you.’

‘Can’t we all just chat to each other?’ I suggested.

‘We’re not supposed to be chatting at all!’ Max yelled. ‘We’re supposed to be getting off with them! We’re supposed to be trying to win the bet!’

‘Well, why don’t me and Toddy chat to each other and you can get off with all three of them.

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