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glue,” Maya explained.
“Hey, Maya!” Ali walked past their table with
Elspeth and Lucy trailing behind her, and Maya half- smiled. Luckily, the lunch tables only had room for six at the most, otherwise Ali looked like she would have tried to sit with them.
“This is going to drive me mad,” Maya wailed, as soon as they were out of earshot on the other side of the dining hall.
“She doesn’t take a hint, does she?” Emily muttered. “They’re still all staring at you, by the way.”
“Aaaargh!” Maya moaned. “Why can’t I just have a normal mum like everybody else?”
Izzy tried not to drop her sandwich. Maya had no idea she was being tactless – she’d only joined the school that year, and she didn’t know that Izzy’s mum and dad were divorced, and Izzy hardly saw her any more.
“Ow!” Maya stared at Poppy in surprise. “What was that for?”
Poppy had kicked her under the table, Izzy realised.
Poppy sighed. “Maya! I was trying to tell you, tactfully, that not everyone’s mum is normal. Actually mine’s a monster half the time,” she added jokily, but she was looking at Izzy sideways, obviously worried.
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