The Danger Game by Kevin Brooks

Author:Kevin Brooks [Brooks, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781447241515
Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books

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I was leaning against a pillar by the stairs when Jaydie came into McDonald’s. She saw me straight away and came over. She was wearing a cool little zip-up jacket, a short skirt over leggings, and a black peaked cap. She looked really nice.

‘Do you want anything to eat?’ I asked her.

I’d already had a cheeseburger and I still had most of a vanilla shake left.

‘No, thanks,’ Jaydie said, looking around. ‘Can we go upstairs? It’s a bit crowded down here.’

The upstairs section was larger than downstairs, so although it was fairly busy up there – groups of kids, families, couples – it was easier to find somewhere with a bit more privacy. Just as we reached the top of the stairs we saw two women preparing to leave a small corner table right at the back, and as they got up, we hurried over and nabbed the table before anyone else could get to it.

As we sat down, and I cleared away the remains of the women’s meals, I noticed Jaydie looking around again. She seemed really anxious, worried that someone might see her.

‘Are you looking for someone in particular?’ I asked her.

‘Anyone from the Slade,’ she said, keeping her voice low. ‘If I’m seen talking to you, it’s bound to get back to Dee Dee.’

‘Maybe we should go somewhere else,’ I suggested. ‘Somewhere less public.’

She shook her head. ‘It’s all right, I’m probably just being paranoid.’ She smiled at me then, a genuinely pleased-to-see-you smile, and she picked up my shake and took a sip from it. ‘I mean, we’re friends, aren’t we? There’s no reason we shouldn’t be seen together. For all anyone knows, we could be on a date.’

‘Well, yeah . . .’ I said hesitantly.

‘Don’t look so worried, Travis. I’m not going to start snogging you or anything.’

I blushed, which Jaydie obviously found amusing.

‘You’re too sensitive,’ she said.

‘It’s just for show,’ I told her. ‘I’m a tough guy really. I just pretend I’m the sensitive type to impress the girls.’

‘You think we like sensitive types?’

‘Don’t you?’

‘We pretend we do, but actually we prefer tough guys.’

‘I knew it,’ I said, grinning.

She laughed, then took another sip from my shake.

‘Are you sure you don’t want anything?’ I asked her.

‘Maybe later.’ She looked at me, her face suddenly serious. ‘Is Courtney going to be OK?’

‘I think they’re just keeping her in overnight as a precaution. You know, just in case she’s got a concussion or something.’

‘They really did a job on her then?’

‘It would have been even worse if they hadn’t been stopped.’

Jaydie looked hesitant, as if she wanted to say something but didn’t know how to say it.

‘It was Mason and Lenny, wasn’t it?’ I said to her. ‘They were the ones who saved her.’

She nodded. ‘Mase hasn’t actually admitted it, but I’ve been told on good authority that it was him and Lenny and two others.’

‘How did they know she was being attacked?’

‘Mason’s got a network of kids who keep him informed of everything that’s going on around the Slade.

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