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they didn’t, it was their loss.
Izzy watched her enviously. They must be the two
most different people in the world. Still, she wouldn’t want to be mean and nasty, so maybe she was better off the way she was.
“Oh, the bell!” Maya said gratefully, jumping up as it rang. “Er, I need the loo. See you in class.”
“Me too!” Emily muttered, and Izzy and Poppy agreed, hurrying off after Maya.
“What was all that about?” Emily muttered as they walked as fast as they possibly could without actually running down the corridor. Mrs Angel had spies.
“It’s happening all over again, just like my old school,” Maya said bitterly, shoving open the door of the girls’ loos.
“Excuse me? Are we sucking up to you, Miss daughter of a pop star?” Poppy elbowed Maya in the ribs. “Take that scowl off your face, you look like you’re sucking a lemon.”
Maya looked round at her in surprise, and then laughed. “OK. Sorry. I just really hate it...”
“That’s OK, we all hated Ali already anyway,” Izzy pointed out quietly. “It isn’t as if she’s changed. We’re just adding ‘totally two-faced’ to her description, that’s all. She’s a two-faced horrible slug.”
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