Olivia, nineteen, and the head girl at the sixth form college, and Chloe, seventeen, from the first year at the college, both walked into the secretary's office. College had finished for the day except for those in detention so both girls were in their co...
As we walked away from the Gym, and towards the Head Girl’s office on the other side of the school, my mind was in turmoil. The things I’d experienced that afternoon had evoked such conflicting feelings and emotions in me. Things I would never have imagin...
‘Hi, Kate! I’m home!’ ‘Oh, no. Mum’s home! Quick – get dressed!’ Kate and I quickly separated, and hurriedly put our underwear back on, and tidied our school uniforms. Then we heard her mother calling again. This time sounding very cross. ‘Kate! Kate! Com...
Once inside her house, Kate led the way upstairs to her bedroom. We didn’t speak – I don’t think either of us could think of much to say, really. Her room seemed – to my eyes, anyway - fairly typical of a teenage girl’s; perhaps with a few more trophy’s a...
Later that day, I emerged from the detention classroom after a tedious hour of writing lines, to find Kate leaning against the wall in the hallway, school bag clasped to her chest. ‘Oh – hi, Kate.’ I had no idea why she was there. Or what she was thinking...
I was walking across the schoolyard to the cafeteria when I saw them. Two of the older girls who looked like they were fighting. There was a small group of spectators gathering around them. There was clearly something up, so I quickly made my way over to...
