Chapter 1 (still continuiging chapter 1
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They were nudging and whispering
and giggling now. I didin't answer Kim. I tried to dodge
round her but she dodged too, so she was standing in front of me.
Right up close. Bigger than me. 'Hey, I'm talking to you!
You deaf or something? Had I better shoud?' said Kim. She
bent so close her silky hair black hair brushed my cheek.
'WHERE'S MUMSIE'? she bellowed into my ear. I could
feel her voice roaring right through my head, whirling up and
down every little squiggle of my brain. I peered round
desperately. Arthur King was looking up from his book, staring. I
couldn't stand him seeing. I tried hard to pretend that
everything was completly normal. 'My mum's at the
dentist's,' I said, acting as if Kim and I were having a
completely ordinary conversation. Melanie and Sarah started
sniggering. Kim smiled steadily. 'Oooh, at the
dentist's,' she said. She sounded as if she was chatting,
too. 'Mmm, yes, well, your mum would have to go to the
dentist's, wouldn't she, Mandy?' She waited. I
didin't know whether to say anything or not. I waited, too.
' Your mum jolly well needs to go to the dentist's'.
( to be continued)
