Sleepover Girls Go Designer by Narinder Dhami

Author:Narinder Dhami [Dhami Narinder]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780007400836
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 1999-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

“Come on, Fliss!” Kenny yelled impatiently over her shoulder. “Put some effort into it – stop running like a girl!”

“I am a girl!” Fliss yelled back crossly, hurrying to catch the rest of us up. “Why do we have to run anyway? The newsagent’s doesn’t close till six!”

“Yeah, but the last post goes at five o’clock!” I pointed out, “and we’ve got to fill in the entry form yet.”

We’d charged out of school so fast when the home bell went, we’d almost knocked everyone else over. The M&Ms had been all set to come over and gloat about how they’d made us pay more than three times what the magazine cost, but we’d left them standing. Now we were heading down the High Street in the pouring rain towards the biggest newsagent’s in Cuddington.

“Here we are!” Frankie skidded to a halt outside the shop.

“Quick, inside!” Kenny yelled, yanking the door open and pushing us all in.

We all dived in, and the shop assistant behind the till looked a bit alarmed. We ignored her though, and dashed over to the shelves of magazines.

“It’s not here!” Fliss squeaked despairingly, as we scanned all the racks.

“Look behind the other kids’ magazines!” I said urgently. “Sometimes they get covered up, especially if there’s not many copies left.”

We all started lifting up the magazines and looking underneath them, but nothing. And then—

“I’ve got it!” I shouted, waving the magazine over my head, “I’ve got it – the very last copy!”

“Yes!” Kenny held up her hand, and I gave her a high five.

“Check it first before you buy it,” Lyndz said with a grin. “Just in case the shop assistant’s decided to enter the comp, and cut the form out!”

The shop assistant was staring at us now as if we were completely off our heads, but I didn’t care. I had a quick look through the mag, and there was the entry form safe and sound.

“Result!” I said, beaming round at the others. “Someone’ll have to lend me some money to buy it though. I gave all mine to Emma Hughes.”

There was a sudden, rather horrible silence.

“I gave all mine to Emma too,” said Fliss slowly.

“And me,” said Kenny and Lyndz together.

“So did I,” Frankie added, looking a bit sick.

“Are you telling me,” I said in a very calm, very cool voice, “that none of us has got any money?”

The others nodded miserably.

“Oh NO!” I wailed. “What are we going to do?”

“My place is closest, so you lot wait here, and I’ll nip home and get some dosh,” Kenny suggested. “I’ll even break open Molly the Monster’s piggy-bank if I have to!”

“If you’re not going to buy that magazine, can you put it back please?” said the shop assistant sharply.

Reluctantly I put the magazine back, hiding it behind a copy of the Beano. Lyndz nudged me.

“We’d better wait outside,” she muttered. “I don’t think that shop assistant likes us very much!”

“I’ll be as quick as I can,” Kenny said as we all went over to the door.

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