The Second Virginity of Suzy Green - By Sara Hantz Page 0,5
achieve this, then I’m prepared to make the sacrifice.” I let out a huge sigh for effect.
“So, homework in on time from now on. No more cheeking teachers. And joining all the right clubs, with all the right people.”
“You can mock. But let me tell you being good all the time is a lot harder than our usual trouble-making modus operandi.”
“Modus operandi? One day at your new elite school and you’re spouting Latin. I can’t bear it.”
“Shut up,” I say giggling. “This is serious business. And not just involving my behavior. I’ve had a total appearance overhaul as well, remember.”
“Oh to be a fly on the wall. And, by the way, I’m still waiting to hear what this guy looks like.”
A smile breaks out on my face as I think about him and my heart skips a beat. Oh dear. I think I’ve got it bad.
“He’s hot. With blond hair that curls a little over his ears. And he has pale blue eyes and such a killer smile.” I can feel a blush creeping up my face.
“And I bet he’s up himself. Guys like that usually are.”
“No he’s not,” I say hotly. “He’s confident. Well who wouldn’t be looking like that? And he’s in the football team.”
“Hmm. He doesn’t sound like your usual type.”
“I don’t know what you mean.” Actually I do but that’s beside the point.
“A blond, blue-eyed, sporty, alleged virgin—’
“What do you mean alleged?”
“Well, guys like that just belong to these clubs for their image.”
“How do you work that out exactly?”
“Simple. What better way to get a girl if she thinks he doesn’t want them just for sex.”
“Maddie not all guys spend their time wondering if they’ll get to third base you know.”
“Hmmm. If you say so.”
“Well, I do. And for the record he definitely is my type.” As from now.
“Come on Suzy. This is me you’re talking to. If you’d have said, cute, laid back, with a cheeky grin then that would be different. You’ve never gone for the obvious. Because of their obvious deficiencies.”
Yes, and where has not going for the obvious got me? Precisely nowhere. Maddie and I are not exactly top of the in-crowd’s party list. We might spend our time drooling over various guys but that’s about it, being asked us out happens rarely.
“Anyway, it doesn’t matter because he’s hardly going to notice me. Not with the likes of Lori around. And for all I know he’s already seeing someone.” I was going to ask Lori about that then changed my mind at the last minute in case she told him.
“Here we go again. Putting yourself down. Why wouldn’t he notice you?”
“You want a list?”
“Yeah. And don’t come out with the usual crap about your hair.”
“Hair is important,” I moan.
“But not the be all and end all. Come on, why else won’t he notice you, hmm?”
“It’s no use talking to you. You’re deliberately being difficult.” I hold the phone against my ear with my shoulder, fold my arms and stick out my bottom lip.
“Stop sulking. Just because I’m not in your room doesn’t mean I don’t know what you’re doing.” I swear she’s got the gift, even if she does deny it. “So, tell me more about this elite school.”
“You’d just die if you could see the uniform,” I say, my tense muscles relaxing and brief tantrum forgotten. “And they all conform. Not a non-regulation item to be found on any of them. It’s like being a Stepford Student. And don’t get me started on the shoes. I’ve already got through a packet of blister plasters.”
“And your tongue stud?” Did she have to remind me of that? Losing it caused me a great deal of angst.
“What do you think? I had to say goodbye to it. After all that time keeping it a secret. And now, in the space of a few of hours, you’d never even know it had been there. The hole’s totally closed up.”
“Is there anything good about the place, not counting guy-Guy?”
Good question. Apart from the obvious, as in if I play my cards right I’ll be heading for the right college with the right people, doing the right course and being a daughter any parent would be proud of. I can’t let them down again. I just can’t.
“Sure. The guys in my classes seem okay.” I pause for a moment. My mind’s gone a total blank. “Anyway, it’s too early to decide. I’ll tell you one thing, though. For a top school the work isn’t that hard. I