Splash by Charli Howard

Author:Charli Howard [Charli Howard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781788001717
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Published: 2018-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

13

“Who the hell has an ‘unbirthday’?” Chloe scoffed as the girls opened my party invitations a couple of days later. I wanted them to be the first in the class to get them, so I handed them out in secret at break time when no one else was watching.

“I think an unbirthday is a really funny idea,” Jess said, giggling. “Nice one, Molly. I can’t wait to come.”

“Me neither,” said Neada, giving me a hug. “I love the invitations too. Very artistic.”

“My mum made them,” I said proudly, glancing at the cards she’d spent the last two days making. She’d typed out all the party details on the computer, glued them on to the back of some star-shaped cardboard and sprinkled them with silver glitter.

Chloe turned her nose up at them, of course.

“If your mum’s as ‘rich’ as you make out she is, why couldn’t she afford better invitations?” she said, waving the invite at me. “Isn’t this cardboard from a cereal box? They look so cheap.”

“I think they look great,” Jess replied, not bothering to acknowledge Chloe in the slightest.

I couldn’t work out if Chloe was annoyed or jealous at Jess’s reaction, but, either way, it was quite funny watching her expression change. Neada and Jess were just not interested in a single thing she had to say, no matter how much she tried to get them to notice her. Her lips curled into a frown at the lack of attention and she folded her arms in a huff.

“Guys, remember when my mum got those really fancy invites that were all laser cut?” Chloe said, but Neada spoke over her before she had the chance to finish.

“It’ll be so nice finally meeting your mum, Mol,” she said sweetly.

I couldn’t wait either. I wanted them to see how much fun and how great my mum was. I finally had a mum to show off like the other girls did – one that was adventurous, silly and who had a laugh.

“My mum says I can invite everyone in the class,” I told them. I made sure that no one was left out, even the people I didn’t talk to very much. If Chloe ever threw big parties, she’d often leave two or three people out deliberately and I didn’t like that at all.

“So I suppose that means you’re inviting that geek Ed and fat Gabby?” Chloe said with a sneer.

I think she was expecting Neada and Jess to laugh, but they didn’t at all.

“Yeah, I am actually,” I replied, standing my ground.

She raised her eyebrows and smirked.

“Molly can invite whoever she likes, Chloe,” Jess said suddenly. “It’s her party, not yours. And if you don’t want to come, then don’t.”

Chloe looked taken aback. She wasn’t used to people answering her back. I liked the fact Jess stood her ground with her. I just wished I had the confidence to do it more myself.

She kept quiet throughout the rest of the day. In fact, Chloe kept quiet for most of the week. For someone as notoriously as loud as she was, she became incredibly subdued.

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