I waited anxiously outside of the staffroom door at lunch, waiting for Brooke to emerge. I had dropped her a text message and said that I wanted to ask her something important, and Pippa and Nora had both come up with me to try and help me plead my case. When she finally emerged from the room she was obviously surprised to find all three of us stood there, but she smiled broadly. I guess she had expected my question to be about Blake, not something to do with the girls she did actually approve of me spending time with. “What’s the matter, girls? And please don’t ask me to sort out the canteen food, because I wish I could but I have absolutely no say in that myself.” “Nora got this new game, and it sounds really awesome, and she asked if I wanted to come and play it with her and Pippa

