Jean Ure - Just Peachy

“Honestly,” I said. “Families!”

The second bell was ringing as we reached the science lab. We had been dawdling rather; all the others had raced ahead. Guiltily we made our way down to the front, to the last two empty places. Miss Jackman stood watching us, starched and crackly in her white coat.

“Just get a move on, you two! You should have been here five minutes ago.”

You two. I liked that! I think Millie did too, cos she gave another of her impish grins as we slid on to our stools. Seconds later, she pushed a scribbled note along the bench:

“Hi, Just Peachy! This is your friend Merely Millie. LOL!”

I think that was the moment when I began to feel that maybe Sacred Heart would not be so bad. When Gran asked me if I had made any friends yet, I was able to tell her very proudly that I had.

“Excellent,” said Gran. “I’m sure that must be a great relief to your mum. I know she was a bit worried.”

Mum has this belief that I am shy. But I really am not! So long as I can just be me. The reason I’d found it so difficult to make friends at primary school was because of everyone always expecting me to be someone else. All the really cool kids lost interest once they discovered I wasn’t like Charlie. And all the others were too busy trying to get into the smart set to bother with a non-entity who’d been dismissed as boring. That only left a few nerdy ones, which made me think I must be pretty nerdy myself, only how can you tell? I wasn’t nerdy like Ginetta Derby, who used to keep whining at me to get autographs for her. It was all she was interested in: autographs.

“Your dad must know hundreds of stars! He must meet them all the time. Please, Peachy… I really need him to get some for me!”

And then there was Emily Ashton, who trailed round with me at break time and did nothing but moan.

“Everyone is so mean! They are all so mean. I really hate them!”

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