Chapter One

11 Weeks Methinks

Blair chewed her lip as I sat with two ice packs on my knees. “She’s not gonna get away with this” She said examining her false nails.

“Yeah…” I said vaguely.

“You’re not even bothered are you?” Blair snapped. I rolled my eyes. I have no idea what got into me, I don’t know why I started taunting Bri but she was just there and I was angry…

“Course I am I’ve got chewed up knees…” I said glancing down at them…Eww

“It’s not about you’re knees you idiot! She made you look like a loser in front of everyone!” Blair snapped again. I rolled my eyes again and sunk into my chair.

“Madeline…how are you feeling now?” Asked the receptionist.

“Fine. I’m fine” I said looking down at my knees again.

“Well we can plaster up your knees then you can go back to class.” The receptionist added.

“What use is that? It’s nearly half way through the last lesson!” Blair screeched laughing. I groaned. Blair’s voice was piercing.

“Excuse me?”

“Blair shut up. I’ll go back to class, it’s fine.” I said glaring slightly at Blair.

“But it’s Chem! Everyone’s in Chem!” Blair said.

“Yeah…we also have a test in Chem next week so I need to be in the class!” I said.

“Your funeral. I’m off ok. Gotta get out these shorts.” Blair said getting up and wiggling away out the front door. I sighed again. Why was I even friends with her?

Ten minutes later I was standing outside Chemistry breathing deeply. Ok, get a grip; you have to go into class. Deep breaths Maddie. I opened the door and every head in the class swivelled back and looked at me. I gulped. Harriett whispered something to Saskia and they both laughed.

“Miss Abbot. Nice of you to finally join us.” Mr Haybridge said sarcastically. I sighed and shuffled towards my seat which just happened to be next to Reece. He glared at as I sat down and did his best to act like I wasn’t there. Perfect (!) “Well before we were interrupted we were talking about Atomic structures. Now Atoms consist of electrons surrounding a nucleus that contains protons and neurons. Neutrons are neutral, but protons and electrons are electrically charged. Protons have a relative charge of +1, while electrons have a relative charge of -1.” Mr Haybridge droned. I was already sleepy and I’d just walked into class! I got my notebook out my bag and started doodling on a fresh page. A star, a flower, a cloud, a rain cloud, another star, another flower…I was bored. Someone next to me coughed. I glanced up.

“Miss Abbot. I asked you a question.” Mr Haybridge said.

“Oh…” I stammered looking round. Once again Harriett sniggered; Saskia next to her was wiping away the tear of laughter with her heavily manicured fingers.

“If An element has the electronic structure 2,8,4. Which group is it in Miss Abbot?”

“Umm….Group Four?” I said.

Mr Haybridge looked shocked and laughed quietly. “Surprisingly…you’re right...”

I sighed happily and returned to my doodling. A knock on the door distracted everyone. And cue birds chirping, violin crescendos and dazzling lights….joy…

“Ahh…Miss Ambers…What can I do for you today?” Mr Haybridge said smiling paedo-ish. Sabrina walked into the class and waved at Harriett and Saskia who waved back. Reece sat up next to me and smiled widely towards Sabrina. She smiled sideways at him then returned her attention towards Haybridge

“Miss Collins wanted to know if you have an extra copy of Biology GCSE Grade Three.” She asked sweetly.

“Yes thank you Miss Ambers I do.” Haybridge laughed jokingly…and cue entire class laughing at his lame-ass joke. You can tell most of the people in this class were smart by the way they laughed heartily at some perv’s stupid half joke. Sabrina smiled and giggled even sweeter than humanly possible. “Would you care to borrow one?” Haybridge added. Sabrina nodded, her stupid stunning silk-like hair bounced up and down with every nod.

“Thank you Mr Haybridge.” Sabrina said walking happily out the room. I groaned and returned to my doodling. This was all so stupid I thought. If life rules everything would be ok between me and Bri and I’d be 10 pounds lighter… I sighed and glanced out the classroom window. It had started to rain again and it looked like we were due for a storm. We hadn’t had a proper storm for months and most people were speculating how bad this one would be.

“I hope it’s not too bad. Louise said she’s have a party this weekend…” Nikki, some girl form my form a never really spoke to, said opposite the table.

“Party?” I asked.

“Yeah…With invitations.” Nikki sneered implying that I wouldn’t get one. “Oh Reece. Are you and Sabrina free? Louise would love you two to be here.” Nikki added smiling at Reece.

Reece looked up from his textbook and nodded “Umm…Sure…I’ll ask Bri.”

“Awesomeness.” Nikki said grinning. I looked at with my mouth open. Awesomeness was mine and Bri’s word. We used to use it all the time when we were friends and no-one else bothered, no-one else really understood the whole awesomeness thing…“What?” Nikki snapped noticing me staring at her.

“Oh it’s nothing…well...I just never realised what small close set eyes you have…” I said. Nikki gasped and suddenly leapt to her bag and grabbed a compact mirror. I sniggered and returned to my doodling.

“So….Chem?” Blair asked as we walked back to mine. I sighed.

“Chem was fine.” I said pulling my bag over my shoulder again. “Boring but fine” Blair snorted at my answer.

“Please! When is Chem ever fine? Biology was so boring! Only interesting thing that happen was Ryan Johnson set one of our Bio books on fire with the Bunsen burner.” Blair said sniggering “Oh it was so cool…he’s so hot!”

“So that’s why Sabrina came into our lesson asking for a book…” I said.

“Yeah! Little Miss Swot went asking for a new one! How spastic!” Blair snorted.

“Yeah…”

“She didn’t even notice how hot Ryan looked!” Blair said acting like that was the most shocking thing since the imprisonment of Neilson Mandela.

“I never saw Ryan as the hot kinda guy…” I said.

“Are you kidding me? Fire….it makes him look hot…I’d loved to just slap him between two pieces of bread and munch him for dinner…” Blair said drooling slightly. I rolled my eyes. “If he’s at Louise’s party I’m so hooking up with him.”

“You got invited?” I asked. Louise hated Blair after she found out that Blair had tongued Louise’s boyfriend, cousin and brother all in one night at Nikki's 16th last November

“Invited? It’s an open invo party.” Blair said. “You just turn up…”

“Nikki told me it was invo only today in Chem.” I said sadly.

“Um Nikki would only say that because she thinks you’re a slag.”

“What?!”

“You know, cos you shagged Reece.” Blair said simply.

“Great!” I said sarcastically.

“Well at least we know you ain’t frigid unlike some” Blair sniggered. “You know Reece hasn’t taken a ride in Bri’s back seat yet. It must make her feel sick knowing he’s done you!”

“You are so classy you know that” I snapped. Blair snorted. We stopped outside my house.

“See you tomorrow babe.” Blair said air kissing me.

“Yeah…” I said walking up my garden path.

“Loves you!” Blair called out waggling off. I sighed and opened the front door.

“Hi pumpkin!” My Mum called from the kitchen. “How was your day?” she asked as I shuffled in a sat down on one of the new breakfast bar stools we brought last week.

“It was ok….had an accident in tennis…but it was ok” I said as my Mum poured me a glass of orange juice.

“Ooo. Are you ok? How did it happen?” She asked sitting down across from me. My Mum was my best friend sometimes…she reminded me of Bri…..

“Umm… I was playing against Bri and tripped…it’s ok.”

“Oh how is Sabrina? I saw her mother the other day in the fruit and vegetable shop. She looks lovely!”

“Bri’s ok…”

“Is she happy to be back home? I know she had that terrible period of her life just after the accident. I didn’t see her much round here…are you two still ok?”

“We’re fine….she’s just finding herself about at the moment…” I said…how could I tell my mother what had really happened between us? She’d kill me! Especially the sleeping with Reece to piss off Bri plan…

“Good. It’s her birthday soon isn’t it?”

“April 21st” I said.

“You must be so excited; you had a lot of fun last year.” My Mum said oblivious to the fact that it wasn’t very likely that I’d get an invite to Bri’s this year. “Anyway I’ll get dinner started! Chicken ok?” she added. I held my hand up to my mouth. Chicken was one of the main foods that made me hurl worse than Cassie at Alton Towers and that’s a lot.

“Um… I’m feeling kinda ill so can I skip dinner?” I said standing up.

“You sure angel?”

“Yeah. I’m gonna go to my room and start on this coursework for Chem..”

“Ok honey! If you’re hungry later on I’ll can make you some soup out of the chicken!”

“Ok…great” I said weakly walking up stairs. I threw my bag into my room and went to close the door.

“Hey!” My brother Rob yelled coming out his room. Rob was my nineteen year old lay-about brother that had just got kicked out of University and had moved back in with us. Dad way so proud to have the lay-about back (!)

“What?” I snapped.

“Next time you barf in the bathroom spray it with some damn air freshener.” He snapped back. “I got this morning and it stank”

“And when was that? Just before twelve?” I quipped.

“No….eleven…but yeah get some damn Glade in there” Rob shot back.

“Whatever…” I snapped walking into my room and slamming the door closed. I threw myself onto my bed and glanced at my bulletin board. Really it wasn’t full of notices, it was full of photos. Bri and I posing, Bri and I from years ago at Halloween (I was a devil and Bri was an angel…Seemed fitting now) Bri and I on our first day at Kingsview Comp, Bri, Alex (Shirtless...damn that guy is hot) and I in Cornwall standing next to surfboards, Harriett, Bri, Cassie, Saskia and I in London last year on the London Eye. My favourite was one of Bri and I that had been taken just two weeks before the accident, we had gone shopping for the day and for a joke we had brought those childish Best Friends necklaces. Randomly we had run up to someone and asked them the take picture with Bri’s camera. We had posed with our necklaces…it reminded me of better times. Ok I had to admit I missed Bri. I missed her a lot. She was my best friend! How could I not miss her! I missed just ringing her up and saying I was bored and she’d come round and we’d just hang out and gossip about anything and everything. I really missed her…I don’t know why I’ve been such a bitch….I really don’t.

I slept badly that night. I wasn’t just getting morning sickness, I was getting night sickness. I curled into a ball and tried so sleep but I couldn’t. I tossed and turned until the early hours but nothing helped. I switched on my bedside light and rummaged around until I found the book I was looking for. It was the first Harry Potter book. Bri had given the Tenth Anniversary edition for my birthday last year and I loved it. On the inside cover I read her carefully written message:

To my MAGICAL best friend in the whole wide world!

I remember when we first brought this book and how we started our adventures at Hogwarts. Hours of potion making and trying to find the Philosophers Stone and who can forget playing Quidditch on those old brooms, Mrs Harrison still hasn’t forgiven me about that football flying through her window!

Ten years on and it’s still rules and we’re still BEST FRIENDS

I love you, you mad little witch

Happy 15th

Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of love, hugs, cuddles and huggles

Bri

That was back in a simple time. I smiled sadly and began to read. I had got to the letter from no-one when I heard a grunt outside my door. I got up to investigate. Rob was holding his foot and swearing under his breathe

“What cha do?” I asked.

“Tripped over the fucking carpet what does it look like.” He grunted.

“Someone’s moody.” I said.

“It’s 5 am course I’m moody…what you doing up this early?” He asked. “Need to barf again?”

“No. I was asleep. You woke me up” I lied.

“Yeah yeah. Go back to bed minger.” He said.

“Go back to the mother ship asshole” I snapped closing the door and getting back into bed. Only another two hours and I’d have to get up and start the whole I-fine-I’m-just-ill lie when instead I was really carrying my ex-best friend’s boyfriend’s baby….

Joy (!)

Hey I'm back

I know I said this wouldn't be up unitll late September but I started writing it last night and I had some free time so...

Anyway this from Maddie's POV and I promise you, you will feel sorry for Maddie in the end!

I've edited this chapter cos I found a ton of faults

Ohhh and people who asked... The book I mention (10th Anniversary edition of HP) wasn't realeased last year. It was released this year butonly in America. But in LIADC world it was published last year :)