The Party by Joanne Ryan

Author:Joanne Ryan [Ryan, Joanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tamarillas Press
Published: 2025-02-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

‘This is bliss. Free at last.’ Niah flops onto the sofa, kicking off her shoes.

Sian bends down to pick them up.

‘Don’t you dare! Leave them right there.’

‘Why?’

‘Because we can. Because we’re not living with Mum anymore and she’s not here to follow us around and tell us what to do. We can do exactly what we like. We’re proper grown-ups now.’

Sian grins and sits down next to Niah.

‘We are, aren’t we?’

‘Yep. And we’re going to enjoy it. I know we have to share the house with Sarah and Will but they’re our age, not old, miserable and mental like Mum.’

‘Don’t say that.’

‘What?’

‘That she’s mental. It’s not nice. Although she definitely has issues.’

‘Why do you always defend her?’ Niah demands. ‘She’s vile to you and you always stick up for her. I don’t get it.’

Sian shrugs. ‘I don’t know; I just feel guilty talking about her like that.’

‘Well, I don’t. She deserves it.’

Sian doesn’t respond, and the room is silent.

‘Why are we even talking about her?’ Niah asks. ‘She’s not here. We’ve escaped and yet somehow she’s killed the moment. Let’s concentrate on our lives and forget about her.’

‘Deal,’ Sian agrees. ‘It’s just us two now.’

‘It is, and it’s going to be a blast. Think of all the parties we can have.’

‘We have to work, too.’

‘Really?’ Niah turns to her sister and frowns. ‘We’ve finally got away from our domineering mother and all you can say is ‘’we have to work’’? Stop being so bloody boring. Who cares about work? I’m here to have fun.’

‘So am I, but I want to get my degree, too, don’t you?’

‘Obviously.’ Niah rolls her eyes. ‘But we have three years to do it in, so I don’t think it’ll be a problem. Everyone who goes to university parties hard but they all come out with a degree, don’t they? Besides, I got my A levels, didn’t I? So stop fussing and enjoy the freedom.’

‘I will. I just don’t think we should forget why we’re here.’ Sian doesn’t remind her sister that if it weren’t for her help, she would have failed her A levels miserably. She often feels guilty for doing Niah’s coursework for her because is it really helping her by cheating for her?

Niah jumps up, bored with the conversation. She’s heard the same thing many times and has no intention of changing her ways. Life is for living and having fun.

‘We’re so lucky to get this place,’ she says. ‘It’s so cheap, which means more money to spend on what we want.’

‘Right place, right time, wasn’t it?’

‘Absolutely,’ Niah says. ‘And because we don’t care about sharing a room, it’s even cheaper. Thank God the uni accommodation was over-subscribed, otherwise we’d be living on campus in some shitty little room. This is way better, having a house of our own.’

‘Shall we unpack and get settled in before the others get here?’

‘Yeah, why not? Get the drudgery out of the way.’

‘Don’t you think it’ll be weird living with people we’ve only met once?’ Sian asks.

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