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saunter off; he didn’t know whether to be annoyed or
amused at her comments. He shook his head in disbelief; he thought
he might have been on the road to actually making his first friend
but it didn’t seem that way now; he shrugged to himself as he
knocked on the door and went inside.
     
    Izzie was
half-way down the corridor when she felt remorse; she really
shouldn’t have been so nasty to him but he just seemed to bring the
worst out in her. She tried to think of something else as she
entered the English Literature classroom and mumbled an excuse to
Mr Mason. She took her seat beside Maddie and took out her things;
she was going to force herself to focus on something that was
actually important and not to do with Kale Eddison and the
infuriation he caused her. Half-way into the lesson, Maddie pushed
a folded piece of paper over to Izzie. She took it and checked Mr
Mason wasn’t looking before she opened it.
     
    Why do you
look so distracted? What happened to you this morning? Oh and did
you hear … Kale never showed this morning.
     
    Izzie shook her
head at Maddie, rolled her eyes and started to write her reply.
     
    Writing notes
during class Madd? What are we ten? Anyway, I’ll humour you … I am
not distracted! - Ok maybe I am but it was because I was running
late and it was all because of your Mr Eddison as a matter of fact.
God he really is as irritating as I thought he would be!
     
    Izzie shoved
the note back and watched Maddie’s expression go from neutral to
completely shell-shocked the further she read down the page; she
really hoped Maddie wouldn’t squeal in delight like she usually did
when Kale was mentioned. She watched her scribble furiously and
practically lob it at Izzie’s head to get her attention. Izzie took
it and was about to open it when the bell rang, she pocketed it and
packed her bag along with Maddie and then headed out the door
towards the Drama room; their next class.
    “I’ll read it
when Ms Belson isn’t looking, I promise.” Izzie told her before
Maddie could interrogate her as they walked along.
    Maddie stared
at her incredulously, “Erm hello? I can’t wait that long! What did
you think we were going to talk about on the way to Drama?”
    Izzie sighed
exasperatedly, “Oh come on Maddie, I really don’t want to dwell on
my unpleasant encounter with Mr Eddison anymore than necessary.
Let’s just save it for the written word shall we?”
    Maddie knew by
the look on Izzie’s face that it was case closed. She dropped it
and made small talk about going to the cinema tonight. Izzie agreed
to go as long as it wasn’t a Kale Eddison film – Maddie said it
wasn’t. They were just deciding on a time as they walked through
the door to the Drama room and took the seats farthest from Ms
Belson; she was an elderly lady who tended to shout a lot due to
her bad hearing and they both refused to have headaches by the end
of the class. While Ms Belson called out the names on the register,
Izzie read Maddie’s reply.
     
    I know it’s
really childish, so sue me! Anyway, what do you mean Kale is the
reason you were late? What happened? I thought he didn’t turn up
today … how come you met him? Oh I’m jealous - I’d loved to have
met him first. You’re so lucky! But what’s this about ‘unpleasant’?
Hello?? It’s KALE EDDISON! How could breathing the same air as him
and actually having a conversation with him be so horrible? Have
you gone completely mad?!
     
    Izzie shook her
head and was about to jot something back when all the girls in the
class squealed … Kale Eddison had just walked in.
    He smiled at
them and walked over to Ms Belson who looked like all her birthdays
had come at once; Izzie watched how she unashamedly checked her
reflection in the mirror behind him and smoothed down her short
grey hair while tugging down her knitted cardigan and straightening
out her long skirt.
    “Oh, this is a
pleasant surprise Mr Eddison - are you here to demonstrate