beetlebum - oasis/blur

MATES IN MACCIES

BRONA'S POV
flashback; 1988, mcdonalds.

My new mate Kat, who I'd met working a shift at Burger King was fucking twisting my melon.

I'd known her about 2 weeks now and she'd come round to Burger King, complain that the food was mingin' then drag me to McDonald's instead-the place where I don't get a discount and have to pay full price. She was the first mate I'd mate though, and I was grateful for her.

Although today Maccies just so happened to be fucking packed, we'd probably have to eat our food on the wall outside like a bunch of wrongens. I'll look like a nonce in front of all these fit lads.

Speaking of fit lads, there was one I kept looking at, he was alright looking I suppose. He was standing next to us in the queue along with some wee girl and two others behind them, they were gesturing over to a couple of other people in another booth. They were probably getting the food whilst their mates secured a table, or two.

"Yo!" The bird shouted at me, feigning offence. "Why're you giving my boy the eye?" Oh fuck I've got myself into something here.

I resisted the urge to laugh as Kat scowled at her. "Sorry?"

"Nah don't be," she laughed, "only taking the piss." She punched the boy next to her on the arm lightly, "you think I'd settle for that fuckin' minger? Catch yourself on." Please what the fucks happening.

"Alright?" Kat spoke in an unsure tone, wanting to turn away from these strangers.

"Sorry she's really fucking strange," another girl told us, her hand was holding some other lads', looked like them two were actually going out. "We just wanted to ask if yous wanted to sit with us because we saw yous looking a bit panicked." What a mint woman I swear.

"Cheers," I said. I smiled at all of them, "I'm Brona, that's Kat-she's a fuckin' menace."

"Oi, shut you up!" Kat whacked me, causing the others to laugh.

"Well I'm Alex," the 'fit' lad introduced himself. "This bastard here is Neve, and that's Jess and that's Damon." He pointed to two other lads sitting by themselves, "over there is Dave and Graham."

"He's fit," Kat mumbled in my ear, referring to Graham. How odd.

"Yous all from here then?" I asked, genuinely interested.

"Yeah, except for that one," Damon pointed at Neve, "big Northerner she is."

"Really? Whereabouts?" Kat questioned. "She's from Liverpool and I'm from round about Leeds."

"Sheffield," she told us, "moved when I was like eleven though so," she explained.

We all ordered our shite and carried it over to the table Graham and Dave were minding. The other four introduced us to them and we began eating.

"How long yous been mates for then?" Kat asked, always the nosy one.

"We've only known them a couple of weeks," Alex answered, talking about him and Dave.

Damon smiled at me friendly, but he already annoyed the fuck out of me even if I had known him for like 10 minutes. "We've known each other since like year 7."

"Mental," I hummed. "How long you two been going out?" I was the nosy one now.

Jess blushed furiously, "oh we're not."

"Aye she's going out with some bloke called Daniel," was all Damon said. He definitely fancied her.

"His name is Dylan!" Jess exclaimed looking fed up. Seems as though they fought about this loads.

"Don't mind those two," Neve said, "melt my head."

"You melt my fucking head," Alex muttered and then them two were fighting as well.

What a lovely group of mates we've found ourselves.

NOTE
wee flashback chap of how we all became mates!!
-ur bestie xx